Section 133A | Supply of universal credit information ^F1

(1)This section applies to information that is held by—^F1

(a)the Secretary of State; or^F1

(b)a person providing services to the Secretary of State, in connection with the provision of those services,^F1

that relates to an award of universal credit.

(2)Information to which this section applies may be supplied to—^F1

(a)a local housing authority;^F1

(b)a licensing authority; or^F1

(c)a person authorised to exercise any function of a local housing authority or a licensing authority,^F1

for use in connection with obtaining a rent repayment order in respect of an award of universal credit or recovering an amount payable under such an order.

(3)For the purposes of this section—^F1

“licensing authority” means a person designated by order under section 3 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014;

“local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 261 of the Housing Act 2004; and

“rent repayment order” means a rent repayment order as referred to in section 73 or 96 of the Housing Act 2004 or section 32 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.