SPM80025 - Information Powers: Who can be issued with a Formal Information Notice

ASPP, OSPP and SAP

You can only issue a Formal Information Notice to a person:

• claiming to be entitled to ASPP, OSPP or SAP
• who is or has been the spouse, partner or civil partner of a person claiming to be entitled to ASPP, OSPP or SAP
• who is, or has been, an employer of a person claiming to be entitled to ASPP, OSPP or SAP
• carrying on an agency or other business who introduces or supplies people to do work or perform services
• who is a servant or agent of any of the above people.

SMP and SSP

You can only issue a Formal Information Notice to a person:

• claiming to be entitled to SMP or SSP
• who is a party to the decision about entitlement, which includes a person:

• • who is, or has been, an employer of a person claiming to be entitled to SMP or SSP
  • carrying on an agency or other business who introduces or supplies people to do work or perform services
  • who is a servant or agent of any of the above people.

Further advice

If you want to issue a Formal Information Notice to someone and you are not sure whether they are covered by the above, see SPM80080.