{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/schedule-9C/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/schedule-9C/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1968",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/9C/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Proof of identity of sender or recipient of information",
  "text": "If it is necessary to prove, for the purpose of any legal proceedings, the identity of—\n(a) the sender of any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence delivered by means of an electronic communication to an official computer system; or\n(b) the recipient of any such claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence delivered by means of an electronic communication from an official computer system,\nthe sender or recipient, as the case may be, shall be presumed to be the person recorded as such on that official computer system.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9C inserted (28.10.2002) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Child Benefit) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1789), arts. 1(1), 5, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/schedule/9C/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:50.477745+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}