{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 21 of the Income Support Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 21 of the Income Support Regulations (special cases)—\n(a) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) for the definition of “prisoner” the following definition shall be substituted—\n““prisoner” means a person who—\n(a) is detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court; or\n(b) is on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952 or the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989,\nother than a person whose detention is under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 or the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “residential accommodation” the words “and 26” shall be omitted;\n(b) in paragraph (3B), the words “and 26” shall be omitted;\n(c) in paragraph (4), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately following that sub-paragraph shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “residential accommodation” was substituted in regulation 21 by S.I.1992/3147 Schedule 1, paragraph 3(a) and paragraph (3B) was inserted by S.I.1993/518 regulation 5(3)(a)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1952 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1983 c. 72."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1984 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/516/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:15:13.702522+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."
}