{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Children Act 1989, in the following provisions, after “in receipt” there is inserted “ of universal credit (except in such circumstances as may be prescribed), ”\n(a) section 17(9) (provision of services to children in need, their families and others);\n(b) section 17A(5)(b) (direct payments);\n(c) section 29(3) and (3A) (recoupment of cost of providing services etc);\n(d) paragraph 21(4) of Schedule 2 (local authority support for children and families).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 29.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/983, art. 3(1)(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:01.675536+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."
}