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. |