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The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Information-Sharing and Disability Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021
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Information-sharing: Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
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4.—(1) Information held by the Department for Communities for the purpose of a social security function may be supplied by the Department for Communities to the Scottish Ministers for use for the purpose of a relevant Scottish social security function.
(2) Where information supplied to the Scottish Ministers under paragraph (1) has been used for the purpose of a relevant Scottish social security function, it is lawful for the Scottish Ministers to use the information for any other purposes for which information held by them for that purpose could be used.
(3) Information held by the Scottish Ministers for the purpose of a relevant Scottish social security function may be supplied by them to the Department for Communities for use for the purpose of a social security function.
(4) Where information supplied to the Department for Communities under paragraph (3) has been used for the purpose of a social security function, it is lawful for the Department for Communities to use the information for any other purposes for which information held by the Department for that purpose could be used.
(5) In paragraphs (1) to (4)—
(a)references to the Department for Communities include a person providing services to the Department for Communities,
(b)references to the Scottish Ministers include a person providing services to the Scottish Ministers.
(6) Information supplied under this article must not be supplied by the recipient of the information to any other person without—
(a)the authority of the Department for Communities, in the case of information supplied under paragraph (1),
(b)the authority of the Scottish Ministers, in the case of information supplied under paragraph (3).
(7) In this article—
“Department for Communities” means the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland,
“social security function” means a function of the Department for Communities relating to social security,
“relevant Scottish social security function” means a function of the Scottish Ministers under the 2018 Act and any regulations made under it.
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