Social Security Fraud Act 2001
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 2001 c. 11 |
(1) The Administration Act shall be amended as follows.(2) In subsection (1) (a) of section 109B (power to require information) , after “subsection (2) ” there shall be inserted “ or (2A) ” ; and after subsection (2) (persons from whom information may be obtained) there shall be inserted—
- “(2A) The persons who fall within this subsection are—
- (a) any bank;
- (b) any person carrying on a business the whole or a significant part of which consists in the provision of credit (whether secured or unsecured) to members of the public;
- (c) any insurance company (within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50) ) ;
- (d) any credit reference agency (within the meaning given by section 145(8) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) ) ;
- (e) any body the principal activity of which is to facilitate the exchange of information for the purpose of preventing or detecting fraud;
- (f) any person carrying on a business the whole or a significant part of which consists in the provision to members of the public of a service for transferring money from place to place;
- (g) any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, any water and sewerage authority constituted under section 62 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) or any authority which is a collecting authority for the purposes of section 79 of that Act;
- (h) any person who (within the meaning the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) ) supplies gas conveyed through pipes;
- (i) any person who (within the meaning of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) ) supplies electricity conveyed by distribution systems;
- (j) any person who provides a telecommunications service;
- (k) any person conducting any educational establishment or institution;
- (l) any body the principal activity of which is to provide services in connection with admissions to educational establishments or institutions;
- (m) the Student Loans Company;
- (n) any servant or agent of any person mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs.
- (5) No one shall be required under this section to provide—
- (a) any information that tends to incriminate either himself or, in the case of a person who is married, his spouse; or
- (b) any information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege or, in Scotland, confidentiality as between client and professional legal adviser, would be successful in any proceedings; and for the purposes of this subsection it is immaterial whether the information is in documentary form or not.
- “(6) Provision may be made by order—
- (a) adding any person to the list of persons falling within subsection (2A) above;
- (b) removing any person from the list of persons falling within that subsection;
- (c) modifying that subsection for the purpose of taking account of any change to the name of any person for the time being falling within that subsection.
- “bank” means—
- (a) any institution for the time being authorised under a provision of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22) ;
- (b) any person for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 2 to 10 of Schedule 2 to that Act (exempted persons) ;
- (c) any person for the time being entitled by...
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