{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-share-options-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-share-options-regulations-2001/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1817",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-share-options-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Act 2001 and references to a numbered section, without more, are references to the section bearing that number in the Act;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means—\n(a) in the application of these Regulations to Great Britain, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and\n(b) in the application of these Regulations to Northern Ireland, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the day on which the Act is passed” means 11th May 2001;\n“special contribution” means the contribution payable to the Inland Revenue under section 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1817/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:48:55.629386+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."
}