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

Extent: N.I.

(1) This regulation applies where social security information is verified by an administering authority by virtue of regulations made under section 5A(2)(e) of the Administration Act and forwarded by that administering authority to the Department.
(2) The Department 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 Department has reasonable grounds for believing the social security information received from the administering authority is inaccurate; or
(b) the Department receives the information more than 4 weeks after it was verified by the administering authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/467/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4
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