{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-act-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/18",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 20 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (descriptions of contributory benefits) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) (list of benefits), for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—\n“(b) incapacity benefit, comprising—\n(i) short-term incapacity benefit, and\n(ii) long-term incapacity benefit;”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) in the definition of “long-term benefit\" for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) long-term incapacity benefit;”;\n(b) in the definition of “short-term benefit\" for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) short-term incapacity benefit; and”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/18/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:10.146961+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."
}