Social Welfare Act, 1997

Repayment of benefit, assistance etc. on personation.

31.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion after section 279 of the following section:

“279A.—Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 32 of the Larceny Act, 1916 , by virtue of having received any benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement which he was not entitled to receive, that person shall be liable to pay—

(a) to the Social Insurance Fund, in the case of benefit,

(b) to the Minister, in the case of assistance (other than supplementary welfare allowance), child benefit or family income supplement, and

(c) to the health board, in the case of supplementary welfare allowance,

on demand a sum not exceeding the amount of such benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement to which, the said conviction applies.”, and

(b) the substitution in subsections (6) and (7) of section 281 for “or section 279” of “, 279 or 279A” in each place where it occurs.