The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011
The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2011
Number: 431
Made: 2011-12-15
Coming into force: 2012-01-23
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
This Order amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”) and the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Notification of Change of Circumstances Regulations”) to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic storage in connection with awards of incapacity benefit, retirement pension and state pension credit.
Article 2 amends the Claims and Payments Regulations to provide for the giving of certificates, notices, information and evidence, including notice of a change of circumstances, in relation to those benefits by means of an electronic communication, subject to the provisions of Schedule 8D to those Regulations.
Article 3 makes corresponding amendments to regulation 5 of the Notification of Change of Circumstances Regulations.