{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/14",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Interpretation: general",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the Administration Act” means the 1992 c. 5.Social Security Administration Act 1992;\n“the Child Support Act” means the 1991 c. 48.Child Support Act 1991;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the 1992 c. 4.Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“the Jobseekers Act” means the 1995 c. 18.Jobseekers Act 1995;\n“the Vaccine Damage Payments Act” means the 1979 c. 17.Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;\n“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 84 applied (with modifications) (25.2.2005) by The Child Trust Funds (Non-tax Appeals) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/191), regs. 1(1), 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:08.158022+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."
}