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The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007

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Use of social security information: local authorities

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2.—(1) This regulation applies where social security information(1) held by a local authority was supplied by the Secretary of State to the local authority and this information—

(a)was used by the Secretary of State in connection with a person’s claim for, or award of, a specified benefit; and

(b)is relevant to that person’s claim for, or award of, council tax benefit or housing benefit.

(2) The local authority must, for the purposes of the person’s claim for, or award of, council tax benefit or housing benefit, use that information without verifying its accuracy.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—

(a)the information is supplied more than twelve months after it was used by the Secretary of State in connection with a claim for, or an award of, a specified benefit; or

(b)the information is supplied within twelve months of its use by the Secretary of State but the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing the information has changed in the period between its use by the Secretary of State and its supply to the local authority; or

(c)the date on which the information was used by the Secretary of State cannot be determined.

(1)

“Social security information” is defined by section 7B(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

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