{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-2001-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/165",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Fraud (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-2001-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order provides for the coming into operation on 1st May 2002 of the following provisions of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001—\nsection 5 which enables the Department to give directions to the Housing Executive in relation to the supply by them of housing benefit information;\nsections 13 and 14 which relate to provision for civil penalties as an alternative to prosecution for benefit offences; and\nsection 16 and the Schedule which provide for consequential repeals, except for the repeal of the word “and” at the end of section 104A(7)(a) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.\nThis Order does not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/165/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:41.945903+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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