{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1349",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;\n“the ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 ;\n“action plan” means an action plan issued in accordance with regulation 5;\n“carer's allowance” , “carer support payment”, “child”, ... “medical treatment” and “working day” have the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the ESA Regulations.\n(2) For the purpose of these Regulations where a written notice is given by sending it by post it is taken to have been received on the second working day after posting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1218), arts. 1(2), 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.10.2011) by virtue of The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/794."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1349/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:06.055001+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."
}