{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-payment-support-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2022/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Payment Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-payment-support-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Energy Payment Support Scheme Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Energy Payment Support Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).\n(2) After paragraph 5 of the Schedule (appeals) insert—\n“Payment to be disregarded for social security\n5A. No account shall be taken of eligibility for an Energy Payment in considering a person’s entitlement to a payment under any of the following social security benefits:\n(a) income support;\n(b) jobseekers allowance;\n(c) employment and support allowance;\n(d) universal credit; or\n(e) state pension credit.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2022 No. 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/88/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:20.168244+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."
}