{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1972",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Transitional) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Payment",
  "text": "During the period beginning 4 weeks before the relevant date and ending 4 weeks after that date the appropriate authority may pay together—\n(a) any rent allowance calculated under an old scheme to which a person is entitled in respect of all or part of the period of 4 weeks falling before the relevant date; and\n(b) any rent allowance calculated under the new scheme to which a person is entitled in respect of all or part of the period of 4 weeks falling on or after the relevant date,\nhaving regard to the time at which and the frequency with which a person's liability to make payment of rent or rates arises and to the reasonable needs and convenience of that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1972/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:45.092577+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."
}