{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Housing Benefit – modification of the rule on whether a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as their home",
  "text": "For the purposes of entitlement to housing benefit, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Secretary of State determines, the following provisions are to be read as if the words “the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted—\n(a) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ; and\n(b) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/476), regs. 1, 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/214. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 8.4.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/409/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:12.154104+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."
}