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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-discretionary-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-discretionary-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Person unable to act",
  "text": "If a claim for discretionary support is made by or on behalf of a person (“P”), who is unable for the time being to act, the claim shall be made by—\n(a) a person who has been appointed to act on P’s behalf by the Department under regulation 33(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987; or\n(b) a person who has been appointed, with a general power or a power to claim or receive benefit, by P under the Powers of Attorney Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 465"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 33 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1627 (N.I.16)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780338005540/regulation/7",
    "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."
}