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The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) Regulations 2012
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[F110.—(1) The following persons are prescribed as qualifying persons under section 131(11)(g) of the 2012 Act—
(a)for the purposes of regulations [F25(1)(g),] 6(1)(f) to (i) and 9, a social landlord;
(b)for the purposes of regulations 6(1)(d) and 8, a person who carries out activities in connection with a troubled families programme;
(c)for the purposes of regulations 5(1)(a)(ii), 6(1)(a)(ii) and 9A—
(i)the Secretary of State for Health [F3and Social Care] ;
(ii)a person providing services to the Secretary of State for Health relating to the healthy start scheme;
(d)for the purposes of regulations 5(1)(a)(iii), 6(1)(a)(iv) and 9B—
(i)the Scottish Ministers;
(ii)a person authorised to exercise any function of the Scottish Ministers relating to local welfare provision;
(iii)a person providing to the Scottish Ministers services relating to local welfare provision;
(iv)the Welsh Ministers;
(v)a person authorised to exercise any function of the Welsh Ministers relating to local welfare provision;
(vi)a person providing to the Welsh Ministers services relating to local welfare provision.
[F4(e)for the purposes of regulations 5(1)(h), 6(1)(q), 9C, 16(d) and 17(3)(c)—
(i)a person listed in section 131(11)(a), (b) or (c) of the 2012 Act,
(ii)a member of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux or the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux,
(iii)a credit union within section 1 of the Credit Unions Act 1979,
(iv)a social landlord,
(v)a charity entered in the register of charities maintained under Part 4 of the Charities Act 2011 or a body entered on the register of charities maintained under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.]
[F5(f)for the purposes of regulations 5(1)(i) and 6(1)(r), Careers Wales.]
(2) The provisions of section 132 of the 2012 Act (offence of unlawful disclosure) apply to—
(a)the qualifying persons listed in paragraph (1) other than the Secretary of State for Health [F6and Social Care] , the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers; and
(b)any person (“A”) associated with a qualifying person listed in paragraph (1)(a), (c)(i), (d)(i) or (iv) by reason of A’s office or employment or otherwise.]
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F1Reg. 10 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) Amendment and Prescribed Bodies Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/454), regs. 1(2), 3(10)
F2Word in reg. 10(1)(a) inserted (13.2.2015) by The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/46), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)
F3Words in reg. 10(1)(c) inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(p) (with art. 14)
F4Reg. 10(1)(e) inserted (13.2.2015) by The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/46), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)
F5Reg. 10(1)(f) inserted (15.11.2017) by The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1016), regs. 1, 2(5)
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