(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”) to allow electronic claims to be made for budgeting loans.
Article 1 provides for citation and commencement.
Article 2 amends regulation 4ZC, 32ZA(2) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 8D to, the Claims and Payments Regulations to permit the use of an electronic claim form and electronic communications in connection with a claim for a budgeting loan. The use of an electronic communication by claimants must be in accordance with a direction of the Department.