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The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

S.R. 2011/431 · Made 15 December 2011

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Social Security

Made 15th December 2011

Coming into operation 23rd January 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001f1.

In accordance with section 1(3) of that Act it considers 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.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 9 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 23rd January 2012.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 32ZA(2)f2 (information given electronically)—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)

incapacity benefit;”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (f) add—

“(g)

retirement pension;

(h)

state pension credit.”.

(3)

In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 8Df3 (electronic communication) for “an employment and support allowance and income support” substitute “an employment and support allowance, incapacity benefit, income support and state pension credit”.

3Amendment of the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations

In regulation 5(1B) of the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001f1 (change affecting other benefit, payment or advantage)—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)

incapacity benefit;”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (e) add—

“(f)

retirement pension;

(g)

state pension credit.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th December 2011

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”) and the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Notification of Change of Circumstances Regulations”) to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic storage in connection with awards of incapacity benefit, retirement pension and state pension credit.

Article 2 amends the Claims and Payments Regulations to provide for the giving of certificates, notices, information and evidence, including notice of a change of circumstances, in relation to those benefits by means of an electronic communication, subject to the provisions of Schedule 8D to those Regulations.

Article 3 makes corresponding amendments to regulation 5 of the Notification of Change of Circumstances Regulations.