The Social Security Investigation Powers (Arrangements with Great Britain) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Enforcement: criminal offences and administrative penalties

11.—(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) an authorised officer authorised to exercise any of the social security investigation powers in one territory exercises the equivalent social security investigation powers in the other territory (see paragraph 8); or

(b) a relevant authority in one territory requires an electronic record-keeper in the other territory to enter into arrangements under which authorised officers are allowed access to its electronic records (see paragraph 10).

(2) An act, omission or event in relation to the authorised officer shall be treated for the purposes of—

(a) a relevant criminal provision; and

(b) the administrative penalty provisions,

as if it occurred in relation to an officer who is authorised by a relevant authority in the territory where the act, omission or event occurred.

(3) An act, omission or event in relation to the relevant authority shall be treated for the purposes of—

(a) a relevant criminal provision; and

(b) the administrative penalty provisions,

as if it occurred in relation to a relevant authority in the territory where the act, omission or event occurred.