{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2887",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Declaration by claimant",
  "text": "On an initial claim, a declaration by the claimant that he has a physical or mental disability which puts him at a disadvantage in getting a job is not conclusive that for the purposes of section 20(6A)(b) of the Act he has a disability, where—\n(a) the claim itself contains contrary indications, or\n(b) the appropriate officer has before him other evidence which contradicts that declaration or\n(c) the claim relates to section 129(2C) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (fast-track procedure).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(b) substituted (5.10.1999) by The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2487), regs. 1(1), 26(5)(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 4(c) and word added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1807), regs. 1(1), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 7.4.1992, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2887/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:00.399326+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."
}