Regulation 2 Amendment of Schedule 6

In Schedule 6 to the principal Regulations (enactments applied for the purposes of these Regulations), at the end, add the following entries—

Section 123 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1 (unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons)
Schedule 4 to the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f2 (persons employed in social security administration or adjudication)	In Schedule 4, in Part I (the specified persons), under Government departments, after “(d) the Ministry of Defence”, insert “(e) the Department of Health”; and in Part II (construction of references to government departments etc), at the end of paragraph 1, add “and the reference to the Department of Health is a reference to that Department only to the extent that the functions carried out relate to the administration of a scheme made for the purposes of section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988”.
Section 3(2)(a) of the Social Security Act 1998^f3 (use of information)	After “or employment or training” insert “, or, where it relates to benefit under the Administration Act, the administration of a scheme made for the purposes of section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988”.

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Footnotes

f1: 1992 (c. 5). Subsections (2) and (9) were amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997, section 22, Schedule 1, paragraph 6. Subsection (6A) was inserted by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, section 76, Schedule 16, paragraph 21, and amended by the Social Security Act 1998, section 86(1), Schedule 7, paragraph 88. Subsection 7 was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999, section 26(3), Schedule 10, Part 1, and the Scotland Act 1988 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/1820, article 4, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 105(1), (2). Subsection (8) was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997, sections 4(2), 22, Schedule 2, and the Government of Wales Act 1998, section 125, Schedule 12, paragraph 32(b). Subsection (10) was amended by the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4), section 88(2), Schedule 5, paragraph 23.
f2: In Schedule 4, Part I, in the entry relating to “Government departments”, paragraph (a) was amended by the Secretaries of State for Education and Skills and for Work and Pensions Order 2002, S.I. 2002/1397, article 12, Schedule, Part 1, paragraph 8(1), (4)(a), and paragraph (d) was inserted by the Transfer of Functions (War Pensions etc) Order 2001, S.I. 2001/3506, article 5, Schedule, paragraph 4(1), (2). In Part II, paragraph 1 was substituted by the Secretaries of State for Education and Skills and for Work and Pensions Order 2002, S.I. 2002/1397, article 12, Schedule, Part I, paragraph 8(1), (4)(b).
f3: (c. 14). Section 3(2) was amended by the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) section 50, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(b).