{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/685",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975 (interpretation) for the definition of “39% of the basic pension” there shall be substituted the following definition—\n““38% of the basic pension” means an amount equal to 38 per cent. of the basic pension rounded to the nearest 5 pence, 2.5 pence being rounded to the next 5 pence above;”.\n(2) In regulation 5(b) of those Regulations (adjustment of personal benefit after 6 weeks in hospital) for the reference to “39%” there shall be substituted a reference to “38%”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/555; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/1683 and S.I. 2001/944."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 5(b) was amended by S.I. 1987/1683 and S.I. 2001/944."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/685/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:11:11.824234+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."
}