Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) RegulationsI1

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

For regulation 4(11)^f2 (making a claim for benefit) substitute—

“(11)

A claim for the following benefits may be made by telephone call to a telephone number specified by the Department for the purpose of the benefit for which the claim is made, unless the Department directs, in any particular case, that the claim must be made in writing—

(a)

a bereavement support payment;

(b)

graduated retirement benefit;

(c)

a retirement pension;

(d)

a shared additional pension;

(e)

a social fund payment for funeral expenses or winter fuel payment;

(f)

a state pension under Part 1 of the 2015 Act;

(g)

a widowed parent’s allowance.”

In regulation 4(11) (making a claim for benefit) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)

industrial injuries benefit;”

For regulation 4ZC(2)^f3(electronic claims for benefit) substitute—

“(2)

This regulation applies to the following benefits—

(a)

attendance allowance;

(b)

bereavement support payment;

(c)

a budgeting loan;

(d)

carer’s allowance;

(e)

disability living allowance;

(f)

graduated retirement benefit;

(g)

a jobseeker’s allowance;

(h)

maternity allowance;

(i)

retirement pension;

(j)

a shared additional pension;

(k)

a social fund funeral payment;

(l)

a social fund payment in respect of maternity expenses;

(m)

state pension credit and;

(n)

state pension under Part 1 of the 2015 Act.”

In paragraph 2 (conditions for the use of electronic communication) of Schedule 8D^f4—