{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Form, manner and procedure for claims",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Executive may accept a claim for discretionary housing payments—\n(a) in such form and manner as it approves;\n(b) from—\n(i) a person entitled to housing benefit in a case where the appropriate maximum housing benefit has been restricted under regulation 10A of the Housing Benefit Regulations, or\n(ii) where it appears reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case, a person acting on behalf of a person so entitled.\n(2) The Housing Executive may pay discretionary housing payments to either the person entitled to housing benefit, or where it appears reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case, such other person as the Housing Executive thinks appropriate.\n(3) The Housing Executive shall give a person who has claimed discretionary housing payments or who has requested a review of a decision made in respect of his claim, written notice of it’s decision in respect of that claim or review and the reasons for that decision as soon as is reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 2.7.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/216",
      "affecting_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/310",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/407",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/407",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/103",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance) (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2017/143",
      "affecting_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2017/143",
      "affecting_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/216/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:11:23.867300+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."
}