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

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2005 Act” means the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005(1);

“the 2007 Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;

“benefit” means a benefit within the meaning given in section 1(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2);

“Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs appointed under section 1 of the 2005 Act;

“revenue payment” means a payment of child benefit, child tax credit, national insurance contributions, or a working tax credit made or received in connection with the Commissioners’ functions as set out in sections 5 to 7 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2005 Act;

“unique individual identifier” means the number which—

(a)

is assigned to an individual by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners; and

(b)

does not, without additional information, identify the individual.

(1)

2005 c.11.

(2)

1992 c.5; section 1(4) was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), section 41(4), Schedule 2 paragraph 38; it was further amended by the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16) section 11, Schedule 1 Part 1 paragraphs 1 and 2; and was further amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5) section 28(1), Schedule 3 paragraph 10(1) and (2).