{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/384",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-and-recovery-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;\n“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007 ;\n“the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ;\n“the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 ;\n“the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 ;\n“assessment period” has the same meaning as in the UC Regulations;\n“claimant” means the person who has claimed the benefit concerned;\n“couple” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the 2012 Act ;\n“employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;\n“housing costs” means any amount included in an award of universal credit in respect of rent payments as defined in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the UC Regulations;\n“jobseeker's allowance” means an allowance under the 1995 Act as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;\n“liable person” means the person from whom a recoverable amount is recoverable;\n“overpayment” means an amount of—\n(a)universal credit, jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance which may be recovered by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 71ZB(1) of the Act;\n(b).........\n“overpayment period” means the period over which an overpayment accrues;\n“partner” means, where the person being referred to is a member of a couple, the other member of the couple;\n“recoverable amount” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 3;\n“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the 2012 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Tax Credits (Exercise of Functions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3280), arts. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2007 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I.2013/376."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I.2013/380."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "See section 39 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 modified (1.4.2015) by The Tax Credits (Exercise of Functions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3280), arts. 1, 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/384/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:38:14.832113+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."
}