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Power to create offences by regulations under certain Acts.
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12.—(1) This section applies to the following Acts—
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(a) the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1976,
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(b) the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1976,
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(c) the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1976,
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(d) the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1975.
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(2) Regulations under any of the Acts to which this section applies may provide for offences consisting of contraventions of or failures to comply with such regulations and for the imposition, at the discretion of the court on summary conviction of such offences, of fines not exceeding specified amounts of not more than £500 or of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of both such fines and such imprisonment.
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