{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001/introduction.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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 27th June 2001\nLaid before Parliament 28th June 2001\nComing into force 2nd July 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B(1), 140C(1) and (4) and 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and section 70 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "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": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27) and paragraphs 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; sections 140B and 140C were inserted by the Housing Act 1996, Schedule 12, paragraph 4 and section 140B(1) was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), Schedule 1, paragraph 7. The sections are applied to the payments to which this Instrument relates by virtue of section 70(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2000 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2340/introduction",
    "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."
}