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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-appeals-expenses-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/275",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Appeals (Expenses and Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-appeals-expenses-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2018",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“electronic communication” has the meaning given to it by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 ;\n“hearing” means an oral hearing and includes a hearing conducted in whole or in part by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communication; and\n“party” means a person who is an appellant or a respondent in proceedings described in regulation 3(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c.7; section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), schedule 17, paragraph 158."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/275/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:10.288363+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."
}