16.—(1) In section 28 of the Administration Act (reviews of decisions about attendance allowance, disability living allowance or disability working allowance), after subsection (7) insert—
“(7A) The Department may undertake investigations to obtain information and evidence for the purposes of making applications under subsection (7) above.”.
(2) In section 30(4)(b) of that Act (consideration on review of questions about component for life where information is available to give grounds for believing it ought not to continue), for “information is available to the adjudication officer” substitute “there has been supplied to the adjudication officer by the Department, or is otherwise available to him, information”.