Supplemental

16Repeals

The statutory provisions mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

17Commencement

1

Sections 1 to 16 shall come into operation on such day or days as may be appointed by order made by the Department.

2

The power under this section to appoint a day for the coming into operation of sections 1 and 2 shall not authorise the appointment for those purposes of any day before the issue of the code of practice that must be issued under section 3.

18Short title and interpretation

1

This Act may be cited as the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

2

In this Act—

  • “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);

  • “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);

  • “the Department” means the Department for Social Development;

  • “the Jobseekers Order” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15);

  • “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).