{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-2-order-2012/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1246",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-2-order-2012",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012.\n(2) In this Order—\n(a) “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;\n(b) “the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ; and\n(c) “the penalties” means the penalties mentioned in sections 115B(4) (administrative penalties: colluding employers), 115C(4) (incorrect statements etc) and 115D(4) (failure to disclose information) of the Administration Act .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 115B(4) is substituted (and section 115B(4A) inserted) by section 105(4) of the Act. Sections 115C and 115D are inserted by section 116(1) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1246/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:58.284169+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."
}