Section 133A — Social Security Administration Act 1992: Supply of universal credit information

Supply of universal credit information 133A 1 This section applies to information that is held by—

a the Secretary of State; or b a person providing services to the Secretary of State, in connection with the provision of those services, that relates to an award of universal credit.

2 Information to which this section applies may be supplied to—

a a local housing authority;

b a licensing authority; or c a person authorised to exercise any function of a local housing authority or a licensing authority, for use in connection with obtaining a rent repayment order in respect of an award of universal credit or recovering an amount payable under such an order.

3 For the purposes of this section— “licensing authority” means a person designated by order under section 3 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014; “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 261 of the Housing Act 2004; and “rent repayment order” means a rent repayment order as referred to in section 73 or 96 of the Housing Act 2004 or section 32 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.