Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2012
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Part 5Social security: general
Administration of tax credits
123Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraud
(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in that paragraph, the final “or” is repealed, and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)
“or
(d)
it is supplied under section 127 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”