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 ”.