Textual Amendments
F1Heading substituted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 47, s. 1(2); S.I. 1997/1577, art. 2, Sch.
Textual Amendments
F2Ss. 116C, 116D and the preceding cross-heading inserted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I. 11), art. 3; S.R. 1997/316, art. 2, Sch.
(1)The Department or the Secretary of State may require—
(a)the Housing Executive; or
(b)a person authorised to exercise any function of the Housing Executive relating to housing benefit,
to supply benefit administration information held by the Executive or other person to, or to a person providing services to, the Department or the Secretary of State for use for any purpose relating to social security [F4, child support [F5, employment or training, private pensions policy or retirement planning]] .
(2)The Department or the Secretary of State may require—
(a)the Housing Executive; or
(b)a person authorised to exercise any function of the Housing Executive relating to housing benefit,
to supply benefit policy information held by the Executive or other person to, or to a person providing services to, the Department or the Secretary of State.
[F6(2A)Information supplied under subsection (2) may be used for any purpose relating to private pensions policy or retirement planning.]
(3)Information shall be supplied under subsection (1) or (2) above in such manner and form, and in accordance with such requirements, as may be [F7specified in directions given by the Department or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State].
(4)In subsection (1) above “benefit administration information”, in relation to the Housing Executive or other person, means any information which is relevant to the exercise of any function relating to housing benefit by the Executive or other person.
(5)In subsection (2) above “benefit policy information” means any information which may be relevant to the Department or the Secretary of State—
(a)in preparing estimates of likely future expenditure on housing benefit; or
(b)in developing policy relating to housing benefit.]
[F8(6)In this section—]
“private pensions policy” means policy relating to occupational pension schemes or personal pension schemes;
“retirement planning” means promoting financial planning for retirement.
Textual Amendments
F3Ss. 116C, 116D and the preceding cross-heading inserted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I. 11), art. 3; S.R. 1997/316, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in s. 116D(1) inserted (19.11.2002) by Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10), ss. 6(3), 9; S.R. 2002/351, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. I
F5Words in s. 116D(1) substituted (17.2.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255), arts. 1(3), 213(2) (with art. 285(5))
F6S. 116D(2A) inserted (17.2.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255), arts. 1(3), 213(3) (with art. 285(5))
F7Words in s. 116D(3) substituted (1.5.2002) by 2001 c. 17 (N.I.), {ss. 5, 17(1)}; S.R. 2002/165, art. 2
F8S. 116D(6) added (17.2.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255), arts. 1(3), 213(4) (with art. 285(5))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 116D extended (6.4.2003) by The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147), art. 1(2), Sch. 8 para. 32(1), (2)(b); S.R. 2003/204, art. 2
C2S. 116D: functions modified (prosp.) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 1(2), 67, Sch. 8 para. 32
S. 116D: functions exercisable by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland transferred (26.6.2001) to the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland by S.R. 2001/229, art. 4(1) (with art. 12)
S. 116D modified by 1992 c. 5, s. 179A(5) (as inserted (14.2.2003) by 2001 c. 11, ss. 5(1), 20); S.I. 2003/273, art. 2
C3Ss. 116C 116D applied (with modifications) (14.12.2009) by Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 8), s. 11(1)(a)(2), 19(1) (with s. 11(5)); S.R. 2009/375, art. 2(2), Sch. 2