{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-related-payments-regulations-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-related-payments-regulations-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1983",
  "legislation_title": "The Age-Related Payments Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-related-payments-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th July 2005\nComing into force 1st September 2005\nWhereas a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 7(4) of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 7 of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2004 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). Section 7(5) of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 amended section 170(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to provide for regulations made under section 7 to be subject to prior consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No.2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(e)(iii) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1983/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:55:50.255371+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}