Paragraph 2 I1

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (7).

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In regulation 4(6)^f1(making a claim for benefit), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to regulation 4A,”.

In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (5) for “Department”, in each place where that word occurs, there shall be substituted “employment officer”.

Those provisions are—

In regulation 7(1)^f3 (evidence and information), after “Department”, in the first place where that word occurs, there shall be inserted “or, in a case where regulation 4A applies, the relevant authority”.

In regulation 19(5)(d)^f4 (time for claiming benefit), after “Department” there shall be inserted “or, in a case to which regulation 4A applies, a representative of a relevant authority”.

In regulation 32 (information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit), after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)

In the case of a person who made a claim for benefit in accordance with regulation 4A(1), a change of circumstances may be notified to a relevant authority at any office to which the claim for benefit could be made in accordance with that regulation.”.

In paragraph 2A(1)(b) of Schedule 7^f5 (manner and time of payment and commencement of entitlement in income support cases) after “social security office” there shall be inserted “or any office to which a claim may be made in accordance with regulation 4A(1)”.