Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011

14.

Allocation of personal public service number in certain circumstances.

14.— Section 262 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3) (amended by section 8 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010), by substituting the following paragraphs for paragraph (b):

“(b) Where a person who has a transaction with a specified body is under the age of 18 years, the following information shall be given to the Minister in relation to that person by that person’s parent or guardian—

(i) the information specified in paragraph (a), and

(ii) the public service identity of—

(I) his or her mother and father, or

(II) his or her guardian or guardians.

(c) Where a person who has a transaction with a specified body is certified by a registered medical practitioner to be a person who is or is likely soon to become unable for the time being to manage his or her own financial affairs, the following information shall be given to the Minister by any person appointed to act on behalf of that person in accordance with regulations made under section 244(1)(b)—

(i) the information specified in paragraph (a) in relation to the person so certified, and

(ii) the public service identity of the person so appointed to act on behalf of that person.”,

and

(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (9):

“(9) A person, other than—

(a) the person to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(b) the parent or guardian of the person under the age of 18 years to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(c) a person who has been appointed to act on behalf of a person in accordance with regulations made under section 244(1)(b) to whom the personal public service number concerned refers,

(d) a specified body,

(e) a person who has a transaction with a specified body where the personal public service number is relevant to the transaction between the person and the specified body, or

(f) a person who is required to comply with section 260, 261 or 261A or regulations made under section 260,

who uses a personal public service number or seeks to have a personal public service number disclosed to him or her is guilty of an offence.”.