{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contracting-out-and-qualifying-earnings-factor-regulations-1996/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contracting-out-and-qualifying-earnings-factor-regulations-1996/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2477",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contracting-out and Qualifying Earnings Factor) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contracting-out-and-qualifying-earnings-factor-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contracting-out and Qualifying Earnings Factor) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1997.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act\" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;\n“the Pension Schemes Act\" means the Pension Schemes Act 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2477/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:52.308180+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."
}