{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-special-rules-for-end-of-life-act-2022/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/42",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-special-rules-for-end-of-life-act-2022",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extent, commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.\n(2) Section 1 comes into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may contain such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(4) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(5) This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/42/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:55:09.562582+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."
}