# The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Housing Support Services Information) Order 2002, Article 4: Disclosure of information


(1) Paragraph (3) below applies to information which is held by, or by a person providing services to, the Secretary of State and which relates to income support or income based jobseeker’s allowance.
(2) Paragraph (3) also applies to information relating to housing benefit which is held by–
(a) a local authority administering housing benefit; or
(b) a person authorised to exercise any function of such an authority relating to housing benefit.
(3) Information to which this paragraph applies may be supplied to–
(a) a local authority to which any grant is or will be paid under section 91 of the 2001 Act; or
(b) a person authorised to exercise any function of that authority relating to that grant,
for purposes connected with the application of that grant towards expenditure falling within section 91(1) of the 2001 Act.
(4) Information which is supplied to a local authority or other person under paragraph (3) may be supplied by the local authority or person to a person who provides prescribed housing support services for purposes connected with the provision of those services.
(5) This article permits disclosure of information only after the end of the period referred to in article 3(5) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2264/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001-housing-support-services-information-order-2002/article-4
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