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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002-commencement-no-1-order-2002/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002-commencement-no-1-order-2002/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1691",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002-commencement-no-1-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of—\n(a) section 1 (entitlement);\n(b) section 2 (guarantee credit);\n(c) section 3 (savings credit);\n(d) section 4 (exclusions);\n(e) section 5 (income and capital of claimant, spouse etc)\n(f) section 6 (duty to specify assessed income period);\n(g) section 7 (fixing of claimant’s retirement provision for assessed income period);\n(h) section 9 (duration of assessed income period);\n(i) section 11 (administration);\n(j) section 12 (polygamous marriages);\n(k) section 13 (transitional provisions);\n(l) section 14 (minor and consequential amendments) except so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;\n(m) section 15 (income and capital);\n(n) section 16 (retirement pension income); and\n(o) section 17 (other interpretation provisions),\nis 2nd July 2002 for the purposes only of exercising any power to make regulations or orders.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1691/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:48.820106+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."
}