{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-transfer-of-functions-etc-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-transfer-of-functions-etc-northern-ireland-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/671",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-transfer-of-functions-etc-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless a contrary intention appears—\n“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Jobseekers Order” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“the Pensions Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;\n“the Pensions Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;\n“contributions” means contributions under Part I of the Contributions and Benefits Act;\n“Contributions Unit” means the Contributions Unit of the executive Agency within the Department known as the Social Security Agency;\n“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 24.3.1999, see art. 1(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/671/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:35.171528+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."
}