Legislation – Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
Part 2Social security etc
Chapter 2Powers of entry, search and seizure etc
87Incidents etc in Scotland
(1)
The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) is amended as follows.
(2)
““DWP investigator” means an authorised investigator within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992;”.
(3)
“(17C)
The Commissioner and the Secretary of State may enter into an agreement for the Commissioner to investigate and report, where requested to do so by the Secretary of State, on any serious incident involving DWP investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (entry, search and seizure powers).
(17D)
A “serious incident involving DWP investigators” has the same meaning as a “serious incident involving the police” in section 41B of the 2006 Act except that “a person serving with the police” means a DWP investigator acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”
(4)
“;
(j)
a DWP investigator acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by Schedule 3ZD to the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”