Regulation 3 Use of social security information: DepartmentI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

This regulation applies where social security information held by the Department was supplied by an administering authority to the Department and this information—

(a)

was used by the administering authority in connection with a person’s claim for, or award of, housing benefit; and

(b)

is relevant to that person’s claim for, or award of, a specified benefit.

(2)

The Department must, for the purposes of the person’s claim for, or award of, a specified benefit, use that information without verifying its accuracy.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not apply where—

(a)

the information is supplied more than 12 months after it was used by an administering authority in connection with a claim for, or an award of, housing benefit;

(b)

the information is supplied within 12 months of its use by the administering authority but the Department has reasonable grounds for believing the information has changed in the period between its use by the administering authority and its supply to the Department; or

(c)

the date on which the information was used by the administering authority cannot be determined.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in operation at 10.12.2007, see reg. 1(1)