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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3108",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Provision of information",
  "text": "(1) A relevant authority may give information or advice to any person, or to a person acting on his behalf, concerning —\n(a) a claim he made, or a decision given on a claim he made, for a social security benefit or a war pension;\n(b) an application he made, or a decision given on an application he made, under the Child Support Acts.\n(2) For the purpose of giving information or advice in accordance with paragraph (1), a relevant authority may obtain information held by any other relevant authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3108/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:12.448080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}