Section 300 (amended by section 6 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013) of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2):

“(2A) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Minister from providing for an application to be made by electronic means in respect of a matter specified in subsection (2) and the entitlement or otherwise to any such matter and any such electronic application is without prejudice to subsection (1).

(2B) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2A), nothing in this Act shall prevent the Minister from providing for the award of a payment in relation to any matter referred to in subsection (2) pursuant to an electronic application.

(2C) Where, pursuant to the making of an electronic application referred to in subsection (2A) or the award of a payment referred to in subsection (2B), any question arises in respect of -

(a) that electronic application, including any question as to whether the person who made the application is or was entitled to an award in respect of a matter specified in subsection (2), or

(b) that payment, including any question in respect of the amount of the payment, or the rate at which the payment is made or the person to whom it is paid,

shall be decided in accordance with subsection (1).”.