{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2340",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.\n(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000;\n“claim” means a claim by a relevant authority for payments towards the cost of making discretionary housing payments;\n“final claim” means any claim which falls to be made in accordance with article 3(2)(g);\n“non-audit claim” means any claim made by a relevant authority ... under article 3(2)(f) where the total amount of the claim in respect of the relevant year is less than £50,000;\n“relevant year” means any year commencing on or after 1st April 2002.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 1(2) inserted (29.9.2004) by Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2329), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 1(2) omitted (1.9.2005 retrospective and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(a)) by virtue of Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2052), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2340/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:45:16.079960+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."
}