{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-family-allowances-polygamous-marriages-regulations-1975/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-family-allowances-polygamous-marriages-regulations-1975/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Family Allowances (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-family-allowances-polygamous-marriages-regulations-1975",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Family Allowances (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 1975 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1975.\n(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Social Security Act” means the Social Security Act 1975;\n“the Family Allowances Act” means the Family Allowances Act 1965;\n“polygamous marriage” means a marriage celebrated under a law which, as it applies to the particular ceremony and to the parties thereto, permits polygamy;\n“monogamous marriage” means a marriage celebrated under a law which does not permit polygamy, and “in fact monogamous” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(2) below;\nand other expressions shall, as appropriate, have the same meanings as in the Social Security Act and the Family Allowances Act.\n(3) Any reference in these regulations to any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which it re-enacts or replaces, or which may re-enact or replace it, with or without modification.\n(4) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/561/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:12:05.937444+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."
}