{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/704",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations 1994, and shall come into force on 6th April 1994.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“child benefit” means child benefit within the meaning of section 141 of the Act;\n“foster parent” means a person approved as —\n(a)a foster parent in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002 (approval of foster parents); or\n(b)a foster carer in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (approval of foster carers);\n“the General Regulations” means the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2003;\n“Personal Injuries Scheme”, “Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Scheme”, “Service Pensions Instrument” and “1914-1918 War Injuries Scheme” have the same meaning as assigned to them in regulation 2 of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 ;\n“year” means tax year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (1.9.2003) by The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsiblities) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1767), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (9.2.2005) by Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/48), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/597; the relevant amending instrument is 1980/1927."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/704/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:37:17.991562+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."
}