# Social Security Act 1998, Section 2: Use of computers


(1) Any decision, determination or assessment falling to be made or certificate falling to be issued by the Secretary of State under or by virtue of a relevant enactment, or in relation to a war pension, may be made or issued not only by an officer of his acting under his authority but also—
(a) by a computer for whose operation such an officer is responsible; and
(b) in the case of a decision, determination or assessment that may be made or a certificate that may be issued by a person providing services to the Secretary of State, by a computer for whose operation such a person is responsible.
(2) In this section “relevant enactment” means any enactment contained in—
(a) Chapter II of this Part;
(b) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”);
(c) the Administration Act;
(d) the Child Support Act;
(e) the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994;
(f) the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the Jobseekers Act”);
(g) the Child Support Act 1995; ...
(h) the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997; ...
(i) the State Pension Credit Act 2002; ...
(j) Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
(k) Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; ...
(l) Part 4 of that Act;
(m) Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014; ...
(n) section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014; or
(o) sections 18 to 21 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.
(3) In this section and section 3 below “war pension” has the same meaning as in section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989 (establishment and functions of war pensions committees).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-2
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