# The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007, Regulation 4: Social security information verified by local authorities


(1) This regulation applies where social security information is verified by a local authority by virtue of regulations made under section 7A(2)(e) of the Administration Act and forwarded by that local authority to the Secretary of State.
(2) The Secretary of State must, for the purposes of a person's claim for, or award of, a specified benefit, use this information without verifying its accuracy.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—
(a) the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for believing the social security information received from the local authority is inaccurate; or
(b) the Secretary of State receives the information more than four weeks after it was verified by the local authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2911/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007/regulation-4
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