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Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Section 116D is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1116DSupply of information by the Housing Executive.N.I.

(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 [F2, child support [F3, 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.

[F4(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 [F5specified 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.]

[F6(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

F1Ss. 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.

F3Words 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))

F5Words in s. 116D(3) substituted (1.5.2002) by 2001 c. 17 (N.I.), {ss. 5, 17(1)}; S.R. 2002/165, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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

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