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(1)This section applies to information which is held by, or by a person providing services to, a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland department or other government department and which relates to—
(a)passports, immigration and emigration, nationality or prisoners; or
(b)any other matter which is prescribed.
(2)Information to which this section applies may be supplied to, or to a person providing services to, the Department or the Secretary of State—
(a)for use in the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences relating to social security; or
(b)for use in checking the accuracy of information relating to benefits F3. . . or national insurance numbers or to any other matter relating to social security and (where appropriate) amending or supplementing such information.
(3)Information supplied under subsection (2) above shall not be supplied by the recipient to any other person or body unless—
(a)it could be supplied to that person or body under that subsection;
(b)it is supplied for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings relating to the Contributions and Benefits Act, the M1Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 [F4, Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007] [F5, Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015] [F6, Part 5 of that Order] [F7, Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015] [F8, section 29 of that Act] or this Act or to any enactment applying in Great Britain corresponding to any of them; or
(c)it is supplied to the Housing Executive.
(4)But where information supplied under subsection (2) above has been used (in accordance with paragraph (b) of that subsection) in amending or supplementing other information, it is lawful for it to be—
(a)supplied to any person or body to whom that other information could be supplied; or
(b)used for any purpose for which that other information could be used.
(5)This section does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied apart from this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 116B and the precedingcross-heading inserted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 47, s. 2(2); S.I. 1997/1577, art. 2, Sch.
F2S. 116B and the precedingcross-heading inserted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 47, s. 2(2); S.I. 1997/1577, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 116B(2)(b) repealed (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 6, 24(3), Sch. 5 para. 5, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)
F4Words in s. 116B(3)(b) inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), s. 60(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(13); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2
F5Words in s. 116B(3)(b) inserted (2.5.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 14; S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(2)(bb)(c)(v); S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(g)(ii)
F6Words in s. 116B(3)(b) inserted (20.6.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 9 para. 12; S.R. 2016/215, art. 3(2)
F7Words in s. 116B(3)(b) inserted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 14
F8Words in s. 116B(3)(b) inserted (6.4.2017) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(1), Sch. 16 para. 27; S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(2) (with arts. 3, 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 116B: 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)
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