{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/27",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "General interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n...\n“benefit” means universal credit any benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, a jobseeker’s allowance, an employment and support allowance, personal independence payment or mobility allowance,\n...\n“compensation scheme for motor accidents” means any scheme or arrangement under which funds are available for the payment of compensation in respect of motor accidents caused, or alleged to have been caused, by uninsured or unidentified persons,\n“listed benefit” means a benefit listed in column 2 of Schedule 2,\n“payment” means payment in money or money’s worth, and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly,\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations, and\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n“scheme administrator”, in relation to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, has the meaning given by section 18 of the Mesothelioma Act 2014.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 142"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 inserted (29.4.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 2 para. 41; S.I. 2013/983, art. 3(1)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 inserted (27.10.2008) by Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 50(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 inserted (8.4.2013 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 9 para. 35; S.I. 2013/358, art. 7(1)(2)(k), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 29 inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 28-31 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1596), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (with reg. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/27/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:12.739105+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."
}