[116ZA Local authority powers to prosecute housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud]
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (1992 c 5) | Legislation

[116ZA  Local authority powers to prosecute housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud]

[(1)     This section applies to an authority administering housing benefit or council tax benefit.

(2)     The authority may not bring proceedings against a person for a benefit offence relating to either of those benefits unless—

(a)     the authority has already started an investigation in relation to that person in respect of the offence,

(b)     in a case where the proceedings relate to housing benefit, the authority has already started an investigation in relation to the person in respect of a benefit offence relating to council tax benefit, or has already brought proceedings against the person in respect of such an offence,

(c)     in

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