{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-1987/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/491",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-payments-on-account-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Making of interim payments",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, make an interim payment, that is to say a payment on account of any benefit to which it appears to him that a person is or may be entitled, in the following circumstances:—\n(a) a claim for that benefit has not been made in accordance with the Claims and Payments Regulations and it is impracticable for such a claim to be made immediately; or\n(b) a claim for that benefit has been so made, but it is impracticable for it or a reference, review, application or appeal which relates to it to be determined immediately; or\n(c) an award of that benefit has been made but it is impracticable for the beneficiary to be paid immediately, except by means of an interim payment.\n(2) On or before the making of an interim payment the recipient shall be given notice in writing of his liability under this Part to have it brought into account and to repay any overpayment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/491/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:29:18.490674+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."
}