{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-46.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2015/2006",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 2",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“assessment period” has the meaning given by Article 12(2);\n“child” means a person under the age of 16;\n“claim” means claim for universal credit;\n“claimant” means a single claimant or each of joint claimants;\n“couple” has the meaning given by Article 45;\n“disabled” has such meaning as may be prescribed;\n“joint claimants” means members of a couple who jointly make a claim or in relation to whom an award of universal credit is made;\n“limited capability for work” and “limited capability for work-related activity” are to be construed in accordance with Article 43(1) and (2);\n“qualifying young person” has the meaning given in Article 15(5);\n“regular and substantial caring responsibilities” has such meaning as may be prescribed;\n“responsible carer”, in relation to a child, has the meaning given in Article 24(6);\n“severely disabled” has such meaning as may be prescribed;\n“single claimant” means a single person who makes a claim for universal credit or in relation to whom an award of universal credit is made as a single person;\n“single person” is to be construed in accordance with Article 6(2)(a);\n“work” has such meaning as may be prescribed;\n“work availability requirement” has the meaning given by Article 23(1);\n“work preparation requirement” has the meaning given by Article 21(1);\n“work search requirement” has the meaning given by Article 22(1);\n“work-focused interview requirement” has the meaning given by Article 20(1);\n“work-related activity”, in relation to a person, means activity which makes it more likely that the person will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so;\n“work-related requirement” has the meaning given by Article 18(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 46 in operation at 2.5.2016 for specified purposes by S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(2)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 46 in operation at 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:38:57.312183+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."
}