{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/556",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-regulations-1975",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations provide for the crediting of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975.\nThe Regulations provide: for credits for certain young people and others who were not insured under the National Insurance Act 1965 (regulation 4, 5 and 6): for credits for certain persons undergoing approved training or completing full-time education, training or apprenticeship (regulations 7 and 8): and for credits for periods of unemployment or incapacity for work in certain cases (regulation 9). The regulations also contain certain transitional provisions (regulation 10).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/556/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:12:11.103774+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."
}