{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-payment-support-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/schedule/paragraph-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-payment-support-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/schedule/paragraph-5A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/28",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Payment Support Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-payment-support-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Payment to be disregarded for social security",
  "text": "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": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5A inserted (10.3.2022) by The Energy Payment Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/88), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/28/schedule/paragraph/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:36:01.979537+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."
}