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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-34",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/30",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In each of the provisions of the Administration Act to which this paragraph applies—\n(a) any reference to a person authorised to exercise any function of a relevant authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit shall include a reference to a person providing services to a relevant authority which relate to such a benefit; and\n(b) any reference to the exercise of any function relating to such a benefit shall include a reference to the provision of any services so relating.\n(2) This paragraph applies to the following provisions of the Administration Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) sections 122C, 122D and 122E (supply of information in connection with administration of housing benefit or council tax benefit);\n(c) section 126A (power to require information from landlords etc. in connection with claims for housing benefit);\n(d) section 182B (information about redirection of post); and\n(e) Schedule 4 (persons covered by offence relating to unauthorised disclosures).\n(3) In this paragraph “relevant authority” means an authority administering housing benefit or council tax benefit.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 34(2)(a) repealed (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 85, Sch. 9 Pt. VI (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2001/1252, art. 2(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 34 in force at 6.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/936, art. 2"
    }
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      "type": "repealed",
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    },
    {
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    {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:37.576921+00:00"
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  "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."
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