Introductory text
United Kingdom
Social Security
Made 6th December 2011
Laid before Parliament 12th December 2011
Coming into force 23rd January 2012
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, considering that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M1.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
2000 c.7. The power in section 8 is vested in “the appropriate Minister”. By virtue of section 9(1)(a), the Secretary of State is “the appropriate Minister” in relation to any matter with which a department of the Secretary of State is concerned.