{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no8-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no8-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/358",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no8-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013",
  "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.8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ;\n“the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;\n“personal independence payment” means a payment under Part 4 of the 2012 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/358/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:48.460891+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."
}