{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111108789",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;\n“the Computation of Earnings Regulations” means the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“the ESA Regulations 2008” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008;\n“the ESA Regulations 2013” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013;\n“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006;\n“the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for State Pension Credit) Regulations 2006;\n“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;\n“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;\n“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;\n“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002;\n“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013; and\n“the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act” means the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/2745; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/842."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4 (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/794; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428 and 3195, 2009/2655 and 3228, 2010/1811, 2011/2428 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/379."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/718, 2007/2868, 2008/1082 and 2428, 2009/2608, 2010/793 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/214; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/718, 2007/2869, 2008/3157, 2010/793 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/1776, 1995/516, 1613 and 2927, 1996/206, 1803, 2518 and 2545, 1998/766, 1999/2555, 3109 and 3178, 2000/2629, 2001/3651, 2002/2497 and 3019, 2003/455, 2004/2327 and 2825, 2005/3360, 2006/718, 2007/719, 2009/3228, 2010/1811 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/207; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 1803, 2518 and 2545, 1998/766, 1999/2555 and 2860, 2000/636, 1978 and 2629, 2001/518 and 3651, 2003/455 and 511, 2004/2327 and 2825, 2006/718, 2007/719, 2008/3195, 2009/1488 and 3228, 2010/1811 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1993 c. 48; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2005/2050."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/1792; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/3197, 2004/2327 and 2825, 2005/3360, 2006/588 and 2378, 2007/2618, 2008/3195, 2010/1811 and 2013/574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2013/1508."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "2013 c. 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108789/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:06.648196+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."
}