{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-and-incapacity-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2009/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-and-incapacity-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2009/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111473672",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-and-incapacity-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 18 (initial payments) is amended in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (aa) insert—\n“(ab) the scheme manager—\n(i) has received a written request under regulation 17(3C)(a) or 17C(2) or (9) from, or in respect of, a qualifying member of that scheme; and\n(ii) is satisfied that that qualifying member is entitled to a payment under regulation 17(3C) or 17C; or”.\n(3) In paragraph (4), for “The scheme manager” substitute “Except where regulation 17C(8)(b)(i) or (iii) applies, the scheme manager”.\n(4) In paragraph (4A)(a)(ii)—\n(a) for “earlier” substitute “earliest”; and\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (bb) add—\n“; or\n(cc) the day on which the qualifying member becomes entitled to a payment under regulation 17(3C) or 17C;”date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 2005/3256, 2006/3370, 2007/3581 and 2008/1432."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473672/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:57.885660+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."
}