C2C3C1C4F1SCHEDULE 9ZCELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

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C2

Sch. 9ZC applied by SI 2006/215 reg 74A(3) (as inserted (23.1.2012) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2943), arts. 1, 4(3))

C3

Sch. 9ZC applied by SI 2006/216 reg 59A(3) (as inserted (23.1.2012) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2943), arts. 1, 5(3))

C1

Sch. 9ZC applied by SI 2001/3252, reg. 4(1E) (as inserted (23.1.2012) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2943), arts. 1, 3(2)(b))

C4

Sch. 9ZC applied by SI 2006/213, reg. 88A(3) (as inserted (23.1.2012) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2943), arts. 1, 6(3))

PART 2ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Conditions for the use of electronic communication2

F21

The Secretary of State may use an electronic communication in connection with claims for, and awards of—

a

carer’s allowance;

b

attendance allowance;

F4ba

bereavement support payment;

c

disability living allowance;

d

graduated retirement benefit;

e

a jobseeker’s allowance;

f

a retirement pension;

g

state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;

h

shared additional pension;

i

industrial injuries benefit;

j

an employment and support allowance;

k

F5a social fund funeral payment

F6l

state pension credit.

F8m

a social fund payment in respect of maternity expenses;

n

maternity allowance.

F21A

The Secretary of State may use an electronic communication in connection with awards of—

a

incapacity benefit;

b

income support;

F7c

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2

A person other than the Secretary of State may use an electronic communication in connection with the matters referred to in F3sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) if the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) are satisfied.

3

The first condition is that the person is for the time being permitted to use an electronic communication by an authorisation given by means of a direction of the Secretary of State.

4

The second condition is that the person uses an approved method of—

a

authenticating the identity of the sender of the communication;

b

electronic communication;

c

authenticating any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence delivered by means of an electronic communication; and

d

subject to sub-paragraph (7), submitting to the Secretary of State any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence.

5

The third condition is that any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence sent by means of an electronic communication is in a form approved for the purpose of this Schedule.

6

The fourth condition is that the person maintains such records in written or electronic form as may be specified in a direction given by the Secretary of State.

7

Where the person uses any method other than the method approved by the Secretary of State, of submitting any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence, that claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence shall be treated as not having been submitted.

8

In this paragraph “approved” means approved by means of a direction given by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule.

Use of intermediaries3

The Secretary of State may use intermediaries in connection with—

a

the delivery of any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence by means of an electronic communication; and

b

the authentication or security of anything transmitted by such means,

and may require other persons to use intermediaries in connection with those matters.