{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delayed payment",
  "text": "(1) A person who is eligible for a Covid-19 heating payment, and has not received it by 15th April 2021 , may apply for a payment.\n(2) An application under sub-paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be made in writing to the Department or by telephone to 0800 587 0892 (for pension credit claimants), 0800 587 0912 (for attendance allowance and disability living allowance claimants) or 0800 587 0932 (for personal independence payment claimants) or 02890 823318 (for industrial injuries disablement benefit claimants who are also in receipt of constant attendance allowance) or by email to Veterans-UK@mod.gov.uk (for war pension claimants who are also in receipt of constant attendance allowance, for war pensions mobility supplement claimants or armed forces independence payment claimants) ;\n(b) be received by the Department before 30th June 2021 ; and\n(c) specify—\n(i) the applicant’s name, address, date of birth and national insurance number; and\n(ii) the benefits that the applicant was in receipt of during the qualifying week.\n(3) If the Department is satisfied that a person making an application under sub-paragraph (1) is eligible for a Covid-19 heating payment and has not already received such a payment, the Department shall make that payment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 4(1) substituted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 4(2)(a) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 4(2)(b) substituted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 in operation at 25.1.2021, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/1/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:40.892293+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."
}