Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011

Social Security Administration Act 1992

15 (1) In section 123 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons), subsection (8) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) any member or employee of the National Audit Office;

(ab) any other person who carries out the administrative work of the National Audit Office, or who provides, or is employed in the provision of, services to that Office;”.

(3) In paragraph (i), omit “the National Audit Office or”.

(4) In paragraph (j)—

(a) for “either of those Offices” substitute “the Northern Ireland Audit Office”, and

(b) for “either of them” substitute “that Office”.

(5) After paragraph (j) insert—

“(jza) the following persons—

(i) any member of the staff of the National Audit Office that was established by section 3 of the National Audit Act 1983, or

(ii) any other person who carried out the administrative work of that Office, or who provided, or who was employed in the provision of, services to that Office;”.