736.This Schedule contains provisions to replace certain enforcement provisions in Part VI of the Administration Act.
737.Sections 110, 110A and 110B of the Administration Act provide powers for social security fraud “inspectors” to obtain information by either writing to or visiting persons. Typically, the powers would be used to ask an employer for details of his employees in order to obtain information about people who may be committing benefit fraud by working whilst claiming benefit, or to obtain information from a self-employed person who may be working whilst claiming benefit. The powers set out in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule replace these provisions. In the new sections, the term “inspector” has been replaced by “authorised officer”.
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