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Social Security Act 1989

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20(1)Section 58 of the 1986 Act (inspection) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)In subsection (2) (powers of inspector to enter, examine and enquire), for sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(ii)for investigating the circumstances in which any accident, injury or disease which has given or may give rise to a claim for industrial injuries benefit, or for any benefit which is a relevant benefit for the purposes of the recoupment provisions, occurred or may have occurred, or was or may have been received or contracted;”.

(3)In paragraph (c) of that subsection, after sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be inserted—

“(iii)a compensation payment or a relevant payment, within the meaning of the recoupment provisions;”.

(4)In subsection (3) (premises which are liable to inspection) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

“(d)any person—

(i)who is the compensator, within the meaning of the recoupment provisions, in relation to any such accident, injury or disease as is referred to in subsection (2)(b)(ii) above, or

(ii)on whose behalf any such compensator has or may have made, or may make, a compensation payment, within the meaning of those provisions,

carries on business or is to be found;”.

(5)In subsection (6) (persons to furnish information required for ascertaining whether certain sums are or have been paid or payable) in paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (ii), there shall be inserted—

“(iii)any compensation payment or relevant payment, within the meaning of the recoupment provisions;”.

(6)In subsection (7) (persons who are under a duty to provide information) at the end of paragraph (e) there shall be added the words “or to make any compensation payment or relevant payment, within the meaning of the recoupment provisions”.

(7)After subsection (9) there shall be added—

“(10)In this section “the recoupment provisions” means section 22 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Social Security Act 1989 (recovery from damages etc of sums equivalent to benefit paid).”

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