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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Definition of financial need",
  "text": "(1) A is in financial need for the purposes of regulation 5(1)(c) or 6(1)(c) where the circumstances in regulation 5(2) or (3) or, as the case may be, 6(2), (3), (4) or (5) result in a serious risk of damage to the health or safety of A or any member of their family.\n(2) Where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of universal credit, the following are members of A's family for the purpose of paragraph (1)—\n(a) any child or qualifying young person for whom A is responsible; and\n(b) where A is a member of a couple, their partner.\n(3) Where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of a benefit specified in regulation 3(1)(b) to (g), for the purpose of paragraph (1), “family” has the meaning given in section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(3) substituted (6.4.2016 coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b)) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 41(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The definition is amended by paragraph 46 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/383/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:33.576106+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."
}