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(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1997.
(2) In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997.
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(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 15 of the Act (penalty as alternative to prosecution)—
(a) for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is 21st November 1997; and
(b) for all other purposes is 18th December 1997.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act and section 22 of the Act in so far as it relates to that paragraph is 18th December 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
John Y. Denham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
20th November 1997