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2.—(1) This regulation applies where social security information(1) held by an administering authority was supplied by the Department to the administering authority and this information—
(a)was used by the Department in connection with a person’s claim for, or award of, a specified benefit; and
(b)is relevant to that person’s claim for, or award of, housing benefit.
(2) The administering authority must, for the purposes of the person’s claim for, or award of, housing benefit, use that information without verifying its accuracy.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—
(a)the information is supplied more than 12 months after it was used by the Department in connection with a claim for, or an award of, a specified benefit;
(b)the information is supplied within 12 months of its use by the Department but the administering authority has reasonable grounds for believing the information has changed in the period between its use by the Department and its supply to the administering authority; or
(c)the date on which the information was used by the Department cannot be determined.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 2 in operation at 10.12.2007, see reg. 1(1)
“Social security information” is defined by section 5B(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
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