{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-fuel-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-fuel-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/70",
  "legislation_title": "The Household Fuel Payments Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-fuel-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delayed payment",
  "text": "(1) A person who is eligible for a household fuel payment, and has not received it by 31st May 2009, may apply for a payment.\n(2) An application under sub-paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be in writing to the Department;\n(b) be received by the Department before 30th June 2009; and\n(c) specify—\n(i) the applicant’s name, address, date of birth and national insurance number;\n(ii) the date on which the application is sent to the Department; and\n(iii) the benefits that the applicant is in receipt of.\n(3) If the Department is satisfied that a person making an application under sub-paragraph (1) is a qualifying person and has not already received a household fuel payment, the Department shall make that payment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/70/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:01.218213+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."
}