{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-claims-and-notifications-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-claims-and-notifications-regulations-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2014",
  "legislation_title": "The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-claims-and-notifications-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Manner in which claims to be made",
  "text": "(1) This regulation prescribes the manner in which a claim for a tax credit is to be made.\n(2) A claim must be made to a relevant authority at an appropriate office—\n(a) in writing on a form approved or authorised by the Board for the purpose of the claim, or\n(b) in such other manner as the Board may decide having regard to all the circumstances.\n(3) A claim must contain the information requested on the form (or such of that information as the Board may accept as sufficient in the circumstances of the particular case).\n(4) In particular, a claim must include in respect of every person by whom the claim is made—\n(a) a statement of the person’s national insurance number and information or evidence establishing that that number has been allocated to the person; or\n(b) information or evidence enabling the national insurance number that has been allocated to the person to be ascertained; or\n(c) an application for a national insurance number to be allocated to the person which is accompanied by information or evidence enabling such a number to be so allocated.\nThis paragraph is subject to paragraphs (6) and (8).\n(5) “National insurance number” means the national insurance number allocated within the meaning of regulation 9 of the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001 .\n(6) Paragraph (4) does not apply if the Board are satisfied that the person or persons by whom the claim was made had a reasonable excuse for making a claim which did not comply with the requirements of that paragraph.\n(7) At any time after a claim has been made but before the Board have given notice of their decision under section 14(1) of the Act in relation to the claim, the person or persons by whom the claim was made may amend the claim by giving notice orally or in writing to a relevant authority at an appropriate office.\n(8) Paragraph (4) does not apply to any person who is subject to immigration control within the meaning set out in section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and to whom a national insurance number has not been allocated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(2)(7) substituted (6.4.2003) by The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications and Payments by the Board) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/723), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(b) substituted (1.9.2008) by The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2169), regs. 1, 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(4) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/697), regs. 1(c), 14(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 5(8) added (6.4.2009) by The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/697), regs. 1(c), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/769."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2014/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:15.790178+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."
}