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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.
[F1(2) In these Regulations—
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006; and
“the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006.]
[F2“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;
“relevant award of universal credit” means an award of universal credit the calculation of which includes an amount under section 11 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, calculated in accordance with Schedule 4 to the Universal Credit Regulations, or would include such an amount but for [F3paragraph 3(h) or (i)] of Schedule 1 to those Regulations;
“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 1(2) substituted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 18(2) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F2Words in reg. 1(2) added (10.6.2013) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1139), regs. 1, 2(2)
F3Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (14.2.2018) by The Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/65), regs. 1(2), 2(a) (with reg. 8(2)(3))