The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Social Security Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
These Regulations provide that the Department for Social Development may disclose to the Statistics Board information in respect of individuals in connection with certain benefit payments received on or after 1st January 2001 for the purpose of enabling that Board to carry out its functions in connection with the production of population statistics and the assessment of census returns (regulations 3 and 4).