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The Social Security Administration (Fraud) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/508 · Made 21 November 1997

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 21st November 1997

The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f1 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I. 11)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed days
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997.

(2)

In this Order “the Order” means the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

2Appointed days

(1)

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 14 of the Order (penalty as alternative to prosecution), paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 1 to the Order (minor and consequential amendments) and Article 19(1) of the Order in so far as it relates to that paragraph—

(a)

for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is, 21st November 1997; and

(b)

for all other purposes is, 18th December 1997.

(2)

The day appointed for the coming into operation of paragraphs 5 and 7(d) of Schedule 1 to the Order and Article 19(1) of the Order in so far as it relates to those paragraphs is, 18th December 1997.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on

L.S.

John O'Neill

Assistant Secretary

21st November 1997.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of Article 14 of, and paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which concerns a penalty as an alternative to prosecution, for the purposes of making regulations on 21st November 1997 and for all other purposes on 18th December 1997. It also provides for the coming into operation of consequential amendments in paragraphs 5 and 7(d) of Schedule 1 to that Order on 18th December 1997.