{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-age-related-payments-regulations-2005/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-age-related-payments-regulations-2005/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/011072996X",
  "legislation_title": "The Age-Related Payments Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-age-related-payments-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Disqualifications",
  "text": "(1) A person who would (but for this regulation) be entitled to a payment under any of regulations 2 to 5 shall not be entitled to the payment if—\n(a) he is in receipt of free in-patient treatment throughout the period of 52 weeks ending with the relevant week;\n(b) he is in custody throughout the relevant week; or\n(c) he is subject to immigration control throughout the relevant week.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) the reference to receipt of free in-patient treatment shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2(2) and (2A) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975;\n(b) a person is in custody if he is detained in custody under a sentence imposed by a court; and\n(c) the reference to being subject to immigration control shall be construed in accordance with section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.\n(3) Where a person to whom this regulation applies is part of a couple, in the application of these Regulations to the other member of the couple, the person to whom this regulation applies shall be treated as a non-qualifying individual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1975/555. Paragraph (2) was substituted by regulation 11 of S.I.1992/2595 and paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 2 of S.I.1999/1326."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c.33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/011072996X/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:11.557268+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."
}