{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, State Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit – definition of prisoner",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Secretary of State determines, the Regulations in paragraph (2) are to be read as if the definition of “prisoner” did not include a person on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952.\n(2) The Regulations are—\n(a) the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;\n(b) the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 ;\n(c) the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 ;\n(d) the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 ; and\n(e) the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/476), regs. 1, 4(3)(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1967. See regulation 21. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/516, 1998/563 and 2005/2078."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/207. See regulation 85. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1517, 1998/563, 2005/2078 and 2006/1402."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/1792. See regulation 1. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/2078 and 2018/676."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/794. See regulation 69. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376. See regulation 2. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 8.4.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/409/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:12.154104+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."
}