{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no6-and-savings-provisions-order-2012/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no6-and-savings-provisions-order-2012/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3090",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.6 and Savings Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no6-and-savings-provisions-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.6 and Savings Provisions) Order 2012.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1998 Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;\n“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992; and\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“budgeting loan” means a budgeting loan under section 138(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;\n“community care grant” means a community care grant under section 138(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;\n“crisis loan” means a crisis loan under section 138(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3090/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:39.949452+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."
}