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皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Directions in exercise of the powers set out in the Schedule:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.鈥�(1) 皇冠体育appse Directions may be cited as the Social Security (Electronic Communications) Consolidation and Amendment Directions 2011 and they come into force on 23 January 2012, immediately after the coming into force of the Social Security (Electronic ommunications) (No.2) Order 2011.

(2) In these Directions 鈥�

鈥渢he Claims and Payments Regulations鈥� means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^{[footnote 1]}:

鈥渞elevant benefit鈥� means 鈥�

(a) Attendance Allowance

(b) Disability Living Allowance

(c) Council Tax Benefit

(d) and Employment and Support Allowance

(e) Housing Benefit

(f) Incapacity Benefit

(g) Income Support

(h) a Jobseekers Allowance

(i) Retirement Pension

(j) State Pension Credit

Authorisation

2. A person who, in accordance with pargraph 2 of Schedule 9ZC to the Claims and Payments Regulations (electronic communication)^{[footnote 2]} 鈥�

(a) makes a claim for Attendance Allowance, Carer鈥檚 Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Graduate Retirement Benefit, a Jobsekers Allowance, Retirement Pension or shared Additional Pension or provides any certificate, notice, information, or evidence in connection with such a claim

(b) request a claim form for Attendance Allowance of Disability Allowance, or

(c) gives a notification of a change in circumstances of provides any certificate, notice information or evidence in relation to to Carer鈥檚 Allowance or any of the matters mentioned in paragraph 3,

is authorised to do so by any means of an electronic communication, provided that the peron uses a method and form approved by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for that purpose.

Information given electronically: permitted matters

1. 皇冠体育app matters are 鈥�

(a) in the case of a relevant benefit, a death

(b) in the case of Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, an Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support or a Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance, a change of address or a change to the bank or other account into which payments of those benefits are made ; and

(c) in the case of a Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance, part time earnings.

Approved method and form

1. 皇冠体育app method and form set out on the DirectGov website, at the time of, and for the purpose of, making any claim or request, giving any notification or providing any certificate, notice, information or evidence referred to in paragraph 2 are 鈥�

   (a) the method approved by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for 鈥�

   (i) authenticating the identity of the person making the claim or request, giving the notification or providing the certificate, notice, information or evidence

   (ii) electronic communication

   (iii) authenticating the claim or request, giving the notification or providing the certificate, notice, information or evidence delivered

(iv) making the claim or request, giving the notification or providing the certificate, notice, information or evidence; and

(b) the form approved by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in which the claim, request, notification, certificate, notice, information or evidence to be sent.

Electronic signatures

1. For the purpose of Regulation 1(6) of the Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance Regulations 1996 ^{[footnote 3]}, any requirement to provide a signed declaration pursuant to Regulation 24(6) of those Regulations may be satisfied by means of an electronic signature provided that the person uses a method established for that purpose by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Revocations

1. All Directions given by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 9ZC to the Claims and Payments Regulations prior to these Directions.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Chris Grayling

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

6 December 2011

Schedule

皇冠体育app provisions conferring powers exercised in making these Directions are 鈥�

regulation 32ZA or, and paragraph 2 of schedule 9ZC (electronic communication) to, the Claim and Payments Regulations, 1987

regulation 1(6) and 24B of the Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance 1996[footnote 4]

regulation 74A(2) and (3) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006[footnote 5]

regulation 59A(2) and (3) of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit[footnote 6]

regulation 88A(2) and (3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006[footnote 7]

regulation 69A(2) and (3) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for the state pension credit) regulations[footnote 8]