{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-21-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/33",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-21-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;\n“the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance);\n“claimant”—\n(a)in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007, save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order;\n(b)in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance), save as mentioned in article 5(1A) of the No. 9 Order as applied by article 4(7) of this Order;\n(c)in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;\n“the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013;\n“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;\n“First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act;\n“jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;\n“joint claimants”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;\n“the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013;\n“the No. 28 relevant district” means the postcode part-district SM5 2;\n“single claimant”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;\n...\n“Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the 1998 Act.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—\n(a) whether a claim for universal credit is made; and\n(b) the date on which such a claim is made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) omitted (10.6.2015) by virtue of The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/634), art. 9(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 4 was substituted by S.I. 2014/1452 (C. 56) and amended by S.I. 2014/1923 (C.88). Paragraphs (8) and (9) of article 4 were inserted by S.I. 2015/32 (C. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2007 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 5(1A) was inserted by S.I. 2014/3067 (C.129)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1995 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/380."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "See section 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/983 (C.41)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "See section 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/33/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:08.561300+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."
}