Explanatory note

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.