{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2911",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st October 2007.\n(2) In regulations 4 and 5 “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\n(3) In regulations 2 to 4—\n“specified benefit” means one or more of the following benefits—\n(a)attendance allowance;\n(b)bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;\nbereavement allowance;\n(c)bereavement payment;\n(d)carer's allowance;\n(e)disability living allowance;\n(ee)employment and support allowance;\n(f)incapacity benefit;\n(g)income support;\n(h)jobseeker's allowance;\n(i)retirement pension;\n(j)state pension credit;\n(k)widowed parent's allowance;\n(l)winter fuel payment;\n“the Secretary of State” includes persons providing services to the Secretary of State;\n“local authority” includes persons providing services to a local authority and persons authorised to exercise any function of a local authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(3) substituted (6.4.2017 coming into force in accordance with art. 1-3) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/422), arts. 1(2), 30 (with arts. 2, 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 1(3)(ee) inserted (28.6.2010) by Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/840), regs. 1, 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See sections 7B(6) and 7A(6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 for the definition of “local authority”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2911/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:06.417661+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."
}