(1) Section 241 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) by substituting the following for "that he or she makes a claim for that benefit in the prescribed manner":

"that he or she -

(a) makes a claim for that benefit in the prescribed manner, and

(b) satisfies the Minister as to his or her identity.",

and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (1B) (amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011):

"(1C) For the purposes of satisfying himself or herself as to the identity of a person who makes a claim for benefit, the Minister may, without prejudice to any other method of authenticating the identity of that person, request that person -

(a) to attend at an office of the Minister or such other place as the Minister may designate as appropriate,

(b) to provide to the Minister, at that office or other designated place, such information and to produce any document to the Minister as the Minister may reasonably require for the purposes of authenticating the identity of that person,