Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011
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Information to be supplied by claimants and beneficiaries. |
12.— (1) Section 241 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (1A) and (1B) (inserted by section 9 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009 ). | |
(2) The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 244: | ||
“Information to be supplied by claimants and beneficiaries for profiling and activation purposes. | ||
244A.— (1) The Minister may prescribe information and the nature and form of such information to be furnished by a claimant or beneficiary where the Minister forms the opinion that the furnishing of that information would assist— | ||
(a) a deciding officer, bureau officer, the Executive or any other person who makes a decision in relation to a claim for, or the payment of, benefit in deciding whether— | ||
(i) a claimant is entitled to make a claim for benefit or to receive any benefit, or | ||
(ii) a beneficiary is entitled to continue to receive any benefit, or | ||
(b) in assessing the training, education or development needs appropriate to the circumstances of the claimant or beneficiary. | ||
(2) For the purposes of the information to be furnished by a claimant or beneficiary under subsection (1), different types and forms of information may be prescribed in relation to— | ||
(a) different classes of claimants or beneficiaries, or | ||
(b) different benefits.”. |