{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007-commencement-no4-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007-commencement-no4-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2872",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No.4, and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2007-commencement-no4-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No.4, and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“the Consequential Provisions Regulations” means the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006;\n“the Housing Act” means the Housing Act 1996;\n“the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006;\n“the Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/217."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1996 c.52"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/214. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/2967, 2006/2968 and 2007/1356."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/2967, 2006/2968 and 2007/1356."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2872/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:17.522584+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."
}