The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Social Security Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Disclosure of social security information

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3.—(1) The Department for Social Development may, for the purpose set out in paragraph (2), disclose to the Board the information set out in paragraphs (a) to (f) of regulation 4 in respect of an individual who received a benefit on or after 1st January 2001 and the information set out in paragraphs (g) to (i) of regulation 4 held in connection with that information.

(2) The purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) is to enable the Board to carry out its functions in connection with—

(a)the production of population statistics under section 20 (production of statistics) of the Act;

(b)the assessment of census returns under the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(1).