{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-87.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012",
  "path": "section/87",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Prisoners and detainees",
  "text": "Except to the extent that regulations provide otherwise, no amount in respect of personal independence payment is payable in respect of a person for a period during which the person is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 87 excluded (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/377), regs. 1(2), 31(1)(3)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 87 in force at 25.2.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 87 in force at 8.4.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/358, art. 7(1)(2)(g), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 87 in force at 10.6.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/1250, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:01.675536+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."
}