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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-discretionary-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2016/9780338005540",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-discretionary-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Date of claim",
  "text": "In the case of a claim—\n(a) made by telephone, the date of the claim is the date of the telephone call to the Department;\n(b) made in writing, the date of the claim is the date the claim is received in an appropriate office;\n(c) made in person, the date of the claim is the date of the meeting with the discretionary support officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780338005540/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:40:41.494463+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."
}