SCHEDULE 6 Northern Ireland: Information about Financial Resources
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (2012 c 10) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 6 Northern Ireland: Information about Financial Resources

Section 40

Obtaining information

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(1)     The relevant authority may make an information request to—

(a)     the Secretary of State,

(b)     a relevant Northern Ireland Department, or

(c)     the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (“the Commissionersâ€).

(2)     An information request may be made under this paragraph only for the purposes of facilitating a determination about an individual's financial resources for the purposes of—

(a)     the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (SI 1981/228 (NI 8)), or

(b)     the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (SI 2003/435) (NI 10)).

(3)     An information request made to the Secretary of State or a relevant Northern Ireland Department under this paragraph may request the disclosure of some or all of the following information—

(a)     a relevant individual's full name and any previous names;

(b)     a relevant individual's address and any previous addresses;

(c)     a relevant individual's date of birth;

(d)     a relevant individual's national insurance number;

(e)     a relevant individual's benefit status at a time specified in the request;

(f)     information of a prescribed description.

(4)     An information request made to the Commissioners under

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