# The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999, Regulation 17: Partners of claimants

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The social security information specified in paragraph (4) may be supplied by a relevant authority to the partner of a claimant for a qualifying benefit where one or more of the qualifying benefits has been payable to the claimant for at least six months.
(2) The qualifying benefits are—
(a) a jobseeker’s allowance;
(b) income support;
(c) incapacity benefit;
(d) severe disablement allowance ;
(e) carer’s allowance.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The information which may be supplied is—
(a) that a qualifying benefit is or has been payable to the claimant;
(b) the period for which the qualifying benefit has been payable.
(5) In this regulation, “partner” means one member of a couple of which the claimant is also a member , and “couple” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3108/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999/regulation-17
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