{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-and-dissolution-etc-pension-protection-fund-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-and-dissolution-etc-pension-protection-fund-regulations-2011/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/780",
  "legislation_title": "The Divorce and Dissolution etc. (Pension Protection Fund) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-and-dissolution-etc-pension-protection-fund-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n(a) “the 1973 Act” means the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973;\n(b) “the 1984 Act” means the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;\n(c) “the 2004 Act” means the Civil Partnership Act 2004;\n(d) “the other party” means the party to the marriage or the civil partnership (as the case may be) who is not the party with compensation rights or civil partner with compensation rights.\n(2) Unless these Regulations provide otherwise, expressions defined in—\n(a) sections 21B,21C,25E and 25G(5) of the 1973 Act have the meanings assigned by those sections; and\n(b) paragraphs 19B,19F and 37(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Act have the meanings assigned by those paragraphs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 21B, 21C, and 25G(5) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 were inserted by section 120 of and Part 1, paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7 of Schedule 6 to the Pensions Act 2008.Section 25E was inserted by section 319(1) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2004."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraphs 19B and 19F of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 were inserted by section 120 of and Part 3, paragraphs 14 and 15 of Schedule 6 to the Pensions Act 2008. Paragraph 37(1) of Schedule 5 was amended by section 120 of and Part 3, paragraphs 14 and 17(1) and (5)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Pensions Act 2008."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/780/regulation/2",
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  },
  "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."
}