{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1990/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1990/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the 1975 Act” means the Social Security Act 1975;\n“the 1986 Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;\n“the Pensions Act” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975;\n“the Community Charge Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989;\n“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987;\n“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; and\n“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1321."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1973; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/660 and 1989/43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 910, 999, 1228, 1445, 1989/43, 534, 1034 and 1678."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1971; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1444, 1989/43, 416 and 1017."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/320/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:27:20.776397+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."
}