The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as follows.
Section 6B (loss of benefit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence) is amended as follows.
In subsection (11), for "the period of four weeks" there is substituted ." the relevant period "
After subsection (11) there is inserted—
After subsection (13) there is inserted—
After subsection (14) (inserted by subsection (5) above) there is inserted—
In section 7 (loss of benefit for second or subsequent conviction of benefit offence), after subsection (1) there is inserted—
In section 11 (loss of benefit regulations)—
in the heading, after "benefit" there is inserted ;" orders and "
in subsection (3) at the end there is inserted—eregulations under section 6B(14) or an order under section 6B(15), or;
in subsection (4) after "make", in both places, there is inserted ." an order or "