{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1506",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Administration Act” means the 1992 c. 8. Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Child Support Order” means the 1991 NI 23. Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the 1992 c. 7. Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;\n“health care professional” means—\n(a)a registered medical practitioner;\n(b)a registered nurse;\n(c)an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8); or\n(d)a member of such other profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) as the Department may prescribe;\n“the Jobseekers Order” means the 1995 NI 15. Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;\n“the Recovery of Benefits Order” means the 1997 NI 12. Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;\n“the Vaccine Damage Payments Act” means the 1979 c. 17. Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2(2); definition of \" health care professional\" inserted (29.6.2007) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 55(2), 60(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1506/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:59.445846+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."
}