Section 7B — Social Security Administration Act 1992: Use of social security information

Use of social security information 7B 1 A relevant authority may use for a relevant purpose any social security information which it holds.

2 Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed by a relevant authority for the purposes of any function it has relating to the administration of a specified benefit if the authority holds social security information which—

a is relevant for the purposes of anything which may or must be done by the authority in connection with a claim for or an award of the benefit, and b was used by another relevant authority in connection with a claim for or an award of a different specified benefit or was verified by that other authority in accordance with regulations under section 7A(2)(e) above.

3 A relevant purpose is anything which is done in relation to a claim which is made or which could be made for a specified benefit if it is done for the purpose of—

a identifying persons who may be entitled to such a benefit;

b encouraging or assisting a person to make such a claim;

c advising a person in relation to such a claim.

4 Social security information means—

a information relating to social security, child support or war pensions;

b evidence obtained in connection with a claim for or an award of a specified benefit.

5 A specified benefit is a benefit which is specified in regulations for the purposes of this section.

6 Expressions used in this section and in section 7A have the same meaning in this section as in that section.

7 This section does not affect any power which exists apart from this section to use for one purpose social security information obtained in connection with another purpose.