{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-polygamous-marriages-regulations-2003/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-polygamous-marriages-regulations-2003/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/742",
  "legislation_title": "The Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-polygamous-marriages-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (2) in the definition of “family” for “married or unmarried couple” substitute “members of the polygamous unit”;\n(b) in paragraph (2) insert at the appropriate places the following definitions—\n““joint claim” means a claim under section 3(3)(aa) of the Act, as inserted by regulation 4(b) of the Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003;\n“polygamous unit” has the meaning in the Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003;”;\n(c) in paragraph (4)(a) for the words from “a claimant’s spouse” to the end substitute “another member of the same polygamous unit”;\n(d) in paragraph (4)(b) for the words from “claimant’s former spouse” to the end substitute “person who was formerly a member with the claimant of the same polygamous unit”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/742/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:28:25.947562+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."
}