Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Social Security

Made 12th June 2023

Coming into operation 31st July 2023

The Department for Communities^f1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001^f2.

In accordance with section 1(3) of that Act it considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))
f2: 2001 c.9 (N.I.). The terms used in section 1(1) and (2) are defined in section 4(1), other than “appropriate department” which has the meaning in section 2(1)