Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003
Personal public service number — extension of provisions. |
10.—The definition of “specified body” in section 223(1) (as amended by section 56 of the Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002 ) of the Principal Act is amended— | |
(a) in paragraph (n), by deleting “or”, and | ||
(b) by substituting the following for paragraph (o): | ||
“(o) the Central Statistics Office, | ||
(p) the Central Applications Office, | ||
(q) the National Cancer Registry Board, | ||
(r) an tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, | ||
(s) National Education Welfare Board, | ||
(t) a body established by the Minister for Education and Science under section 54 of the Education Act 1998 , or | ||
(u) such other persons as may be prescribed;”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by substituting the following for section 223D (inserted by section 32 of the Act of 2000): | ||
“223D.—Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, a specified body may share such information as may be prescribed with— | ||
(a) the Minister for Education and Science, where that Minister requires the information for the purpose of enabling him or her to provide education in accordance with section 6 (b) of the Education Act 1998 , or | ||
(b) an tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, where that body requires the information for the purpose of performing its functions under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 3 of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 .”. |