Welfare Reform Act 2012

123Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraudE+W+S

(1)Section 122B of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (supply of government information for fraud prevention etc) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2)(a), after “social security” there is inserted “ or tax credits ”.

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)in paragraph (b), after “1995” there is inserted “ , the Tax Credits Act 2002 ”,

(b)in that paragraph, the final “or” is repealed, and

(c)after paragraph (c) there is inserted “or

(d)it is supplied under section 127 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”