The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Regulation 2 prescribes the description of persons, who in addition to those listed in section 103B(2) and (2A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) (“the 1992 Act”) may be required to provide certain information to Authorised Officers (within the meaning of section 115CA(2) of that Act) about possible or actual commission of offences relating to social security benefits. They are—those who provide relevant childcare;those to whom a person in receipt of universal credit is liable to make rent payments in respect of accommodation they occupy, or purport to occupy, as their home where the award of universal credit includes an amount in respect of those payments;a person who makes a determination in respect of housing costs for the purposes of Universal Credit; andan officer of the Department of Finance to the extent that the information required relates to rates relief.