Part IDecisions and Appeals
C2Chapter IGeneral
Decisions
C1I62Use of computers
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Any decision, determination or assessment falling to be made or certificate falling to be issued by the Secretary of State under or by virtue of a relevant enactment, or in relation to a war pension, may be made or issued not only by an officer of his acting under his authority but also—
a
by a computer for whose operation such an officer is responsible; and
b
in the case of a decision, determination or assessment that may be made or a certificate that may be issued by a person providing services to the Secretary of State, by a computer for whose operation such a person is responsible.
2
In this section “relevant enactment” means any enactment contained in—
I1b
the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”);
I1c
the Administration Act;
I1d
the Child Support Act;
I1e
the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994;
I1f
the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the Jobseekers Act”);
j
Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.
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In this section and section 3 below “war pension” has the same meaning as in section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989 (establishment and functions of war pensions committees).
Pt. I Ch. I functions transferred (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), arts. 1(1), 3(1), 4, 5, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4)