{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1167",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 25th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 28th March 2001\nComing into force 2nd July 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 69(1) to (4) and (7) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 and section 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, by this Instrument which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (S.) (1.4.2024) by The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/58), regs. 1(1), 2; (E.) (1.4.2026) by The Discretionary Financial Assistance and Discretionary Housing Payments (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/271), reg. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c. 19. Section 69(7) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the definition of “prescribed\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 as amended by section 69(6) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See section 170 (as amended by section 73 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000) and 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1167/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:25.901979+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."
}