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This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Budgeting Loans) (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 31st July 2023.
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(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “bereavement support payment” insert—“
 “budgeting loan” means a payment by way of budgeting loan under section 134(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.
(3) In regulation 4ZC(2) (electronic claims for benefit) after “bereavement support payment,” insert “a budgeting loan,”.
(4) In regulation 32ZA(2) (information given electronically) after paragraph (aa) insert—“
(ab) a budgeting loan;”.
(5) In Schedule 8D (conditions for the use of electronic communication) in paragraph 2(1) after “bereavement support payment,” insert “a budgeting loan,”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 12th June 2023
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
