# The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the coming into force of section 5 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 on 14th February 2003.
Section 5 amends the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) to enable, respectively, the Secretary of State and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland, where certain preconditions are met, to disclose relevant information to authorities in an overseas country for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by those authorities of any function relating to anything corresponding to, or in the nature of a social security benefit.
This Order does not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/273/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001-commencement-no-6-order-2003/note
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