{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chronically-sick-and-disabled-persons-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chronically-sick-and-disabled-persons-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/53",
  "legislation_title": "Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chronically-sick-and-disabled-persons-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Power to define certain expressions.",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland to be necessary or expedient to do so for the proper operation of any provision of this Act that Department may by regulations make provision as to the interpretation for the purposes of that provision of any of the following expressions appearing therein, that is to say “chronically sick”, “chronic illness”, “disabled” and “disability”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 18 extended by S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11), art. 43A (as inserted by S.I. 1982/1535 (N.I. 18), art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 18 applied (with modifications) (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15), art. 127(5) (with Sch. 9 para. 1).S. 18 applied (3.6.1996) by S.I. 1995/3210 (N.I. 19), art. 2(6); S.R. 1998/223, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/53/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:27.216531+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."
}