{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-21ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-21ZA.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1968",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/21ZA",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21ZA",
  "heading": "Payment of arrears of benefit by instalments",
  "text": "Except where regulation 23 applies, the Secretary of State may pay arrears of benefit in instalments where—\n(a) the Secretary of State considers it is necessary for protecting the interests of the beneficiary; and\n(b) the beneficiary agrees that those arrears may be paid in instalments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 21ZA inserted (18.10.2021) by The Social Security Benefits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1065), regs. 1(1), 2 (with reg. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/21ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:50.477745+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."
}