PART 3SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL
Benefit fraud
44Housing Executive functions relating to benefit: information
1
Section 116C of the Administration Act (supply of information to the Housing Executive) is amended as follows—
a
in subsection (2) at the end add “
or for the purposes of anything the Housing Executive is permitted to do in relation to any other benefit by virtue of section 104A or 110A above
”
;
b
in subsection (3)(a) for “offences relating to housing benefit” substitute “
benefit offences (within the meaning of Part 6 above)
”
.
2
Section 116D of that Act (supply of information by the Housing Executive) is amended as follows—
a
in subsection (1), for “benefit administration information” substitute “
relevant benefit information
”
;
b
in subsection (2A), after “subsection (2)” insert “
, in addition to any other purpose for which the information may be used,
”
;
c
for subsection (4) substitute—
4
In subsection (1) above “relevant benefit information”, in relation to the Housing Executive or other person, means any information which is relevant to the exercise of any function relating to a relevant social security benefit by the Housing Executive or other person.
d
in subsection (5), in each place where it occurs, for “housing benefit” substitute “
any relevant social security benefit
”
;
e
in subsection (6), after the definition of “private pensions policy” insert—
“relevant social security benefit” has the same meaning as in section 115CA above;
3
In section 119A of that Act (power to require information from landlords and agents), in subsection (8) for “benefit administration information” substitute “
relevant benefit information
”
.