{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/698",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 9 (deductions from benefit and direct payments to third parties)—\n(a) in paragraph 5—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(c) before “he” insert “unless sub-paragraph (1A) applies,”;\n(ii) at the appropriate place insert—\n“(1A) This sub-paragraph applies where the rent includes charges for services included under paragraph 4A(1)(d) and the arrears for these services exceed £100.00.”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (6) after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (7) after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”;\n(b) in paragraph 7C (eligible loans)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1), in the definition of “eligible lender”, at the appropriate place insert—\n“(e) a community interest company within the meaning of Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004,”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “single borrower” substitute “single claimant” .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1968."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1999/2860."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/2284."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (7) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2595 and amended by S.I. 1999/2860, 2006/217, 2007/2870."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph 7C was inserted by S.I. 2006/3188."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2004 c.27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/698/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:33:48.426307+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."
}