- alteration
means— (a) in relation to— (i) the component rates of income support;
- appropriate appellate court
means—
- appropriate authority
means— (a) the Secretary of State, or (b) an authority which administers housing benefit or council tax benefit;
- arrangements
includes any scheme, transaction or series of transactions;
- arrangements for the redirection of postal packets
means arrangements made with the postal operator concerned for the delivery of postal packets to addresses other than those indicated by senders on the packets.
- authorised officer
means a person acting in accordance with any authorisation for the purposes of this Part which is for the time being in force in relation to him.
- authorised person
means a person authorised to exercise any function by virtue of any provision made by or under this section;
- bank
means a person who is authorised— (a) to accept deposits, or (b) to issue electronic money;
- benefit
means benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act and includes universal credit,state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014, a jobseeker's allowancestate pension credit, an employment and support allowance, personal independence payment and bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;
- benefit offence
means— (a) any criminal offence in connection with a claim for a relevant social security benefit;
- bereavement benefit
means—
- child
includes a person who has attained the age of 16 but not the age of 19 and in respect of whom either parent, or some person acting in the place of either parent, is receiving universal credit, income support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance.
- Christmas bonus
means a payment under Part X of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
- Civil partnership register
has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
- claimant
(in relation to industrial injuries benefit) means a person who has claimed such a benefit and includes— (a) an applicant for a declaration under section 29 of the Social Security Act 1998 that an accident was or was not an industrial accident;
- Class 1 contributions
includes any interest or penalty in respect of Class 1 contributions);
- communications data
has the same meaning as in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (see sections 261 and 262 of that Act);
- compensation payment
has the same meaning as in the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997. • “non-benefit payment” means a prescribed payment which— (a) is not a payment of a relevant social security benefit, and (b) is made by the Secretary of State with responsibility for social security for the purposes of providing financial assistance to a person, whether directly or indirectly.
- conduct
includes acts, omissions and statements;
- contribution
means a contribution under Part I of the Contributions and Benefit Act;
- contributions
includes any interest or penalty in respect of contributions (and accordingly, in the definition of “the Class 1 element” given by this subsection, “Class 1 contributions” includes any interest or penalty in respect of Class 1 contributions);
- contributions card
has the meaning assigned to it by section 114(6) above;
- contributory employment and support allowance
means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);
- couple
has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
- court officer
means a member of the staff of the court in question authorised by the court for the purposes of subsection (8)(b);
- credit
includes a cash loan or any form of financial accommodation, including the cashing of a cheque;
- cryptoasset
has the meaning given in section 84A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
- daily rate penalty
means a penalty imposed under paragraph 8(1);
- deductions from earnings
means deductions from earnings under, or by virtue of, section 71 or 71ZD;
- designated authority
means such of the following as may be specified, namely— (a) the Secretary of State, (b) a person providing services to the Secretary of State, (c) a local authority, and (ca) subject to subsection (8), a county council in England, (d) subject to subsection (8), a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any function of, any authority mentioned in paragraph (c) or (ca);
- direct deduction order
has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3ZA;
- driving licence
means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
- dwelling
means any residential accommodation, whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;
- electronic money
has the meaning it has in the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/99) (see regulation 2(1)).
- eligibility indicators
has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3)(b)(ii) (and see paragraph 3 for conditions that eligibility indicators must meet);
- eligibility verification notice
has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1);
- employee
means any person who— (a) is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship, or in an office (including an elective office), or (b) carries out any work under any contract under which he has undertaken to provide his work, and “employment” shall be construed accordingly;
- estimated
means estimated by the Inland Revenue in any manner which after consulting the Government Actuary or the Deputy Government Actuary the Inland Revenue consider to be appropriate and which the Treasury has approved.
- family
means— (a) a couple;
- financial year
has the same meaning as in the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
- fixed penalty
means a penalty imposed under paragraph 7(1);
- housing authority
means a local authority or a new town corporation;
- immediate DWP disqualification order
has the meaning given by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3ZB;
- income-related benefit
means— (a) income support;
- income-related employment and support allowance
means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);
- industrial injuries benefit
means benefit under Part V of the Contributions and Benefits Act, other than under Schedule 8;
- Inland Revenue
means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue •................................ •................................ • “local authority” means— (a) in relation to England..., the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
- Inland Revenue power
means any power conferred on an officer of the Inland Revenue by virtue of section 110ZA above or by virtue of an authorisation granted under section 109A above.
- insurer
means— (a) a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of insurance;...
- international organisation
means an organisation of which—
- interview
means a work-focused interview within the meaning of section 2A above.
- joint account
means an account held by more than one person;
- licensing authority
means a person designated by order under section 3 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014;
- local authority
means— (a) in relation to England..., the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
- local housing authority
has the meaning given by section 261 of the Housing Act 2004;
- lone parent
means a person who—
- lump sum direct deduction order
has the meaning given by paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 3ZA;
- medical examination
includes bacteriological and radiographical tests and similar investigations, and “medically examined” has a corresponding meaning;
- medical practitioner
means— (a) a registered medical practitioner;
- medical treatment
means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course of diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting himself to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;
- modifications
includes additions, omissions and amendments, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.
- new town corporation
means— (a) in relation to England— ((i)) a development corporation established under the New Towns Act 1981;
- non-benefit payment
means a prescribed payment which— (a) is not a payment of a relevant social security benefit, and (b) is made by the Secretary of State with responsibility for social security for the purposes of providing financial assistance to a person, whether directly or indirectly.
- Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act
means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
- Northern Ireland industrial injuries benefit
means benefit under Part V of the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act other than under Schedule 8 to that Act.
- notice
means notice in writing (and “notify” is to be read accordingly);
- notifiable contribution arrangements
means any arrangements which— (a) enable, or might be expected to enable, any person to obtain an advantage in relation to a contribution, and (b) are such that the main benefit, or one of the main benefits, that might be expected to arise from the arrangements is the obtaining of that advantage;
- notifiable contribution proposal
means a proposal for arrangements which, if entered into, would be notifiable contribution arrangements (whether the proposal relates to a particular person or to any person who may seek to take advantage of it).
- occupational pension scheme
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pensions Act;
- Old Cases payments
means payments under Part I of Schedule 8 to the Contributions and Benefits Act;
- overpayment
means— and the reference in subsection (1)(a) or (1A)(b) above to the making of the overpayment is to the making of the payment, the failure to receive the sum, the payment of benefit in excess of entitlement or the allowing of an excess of benefit.
- partner
means a person who is a member of the same couple as the claimant;
- pensionable age
has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995;
- periodic eligibility verification notice
has the meaning given in paragraph 4(4);
- personal account
means an account held by one or more individuals other than an account that is provided for purposes relating to a trade, business or profession;
- personal data
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) of that Act);
- personal liability notice
has the meaning given by subsection (2) of that section;
- personal pension scheme
has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Pensions Act and “appropriate”, in relation to such a scheme, shall be construed in accordance with section 7B(6) of that Act • “prescribe” means prescribe by regulations and “prescribed” must be construed accordingly;
- postal operator
has the same meaning as in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (see section 262 of that Act);
- postal packet
has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.
- postal packets
has the same meaning as in that Part.
- premises
includes— and references in this Part to the occupier of any premises shall be construed, in relation to premises that are not occupied as land, as references to any person for the time being present at the place in question.
- prescribe
means prescribe by regulations and “prescribed” must be construed accordingly;
- prescribed
means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;
- register of conversions
means the register of conversions of civil partnerships into marriages kept by the Registrar General in accordance with section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section;
- registrar
means a district registrar, senior registrar or assistant registrar for the purposes of the enactments relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
- Registrar General
means the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland;
- regular direct deduction order
has the meaning given by paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 3ZA;
- regulations
means regulations under any enactment, whenever passed.
- relevant account
means a personal account which operates as— including such an account which operates by reference to electronic money.
- relevant amounts
has the meaning given by subsection (1)(b) above.
- relevant authority
means—
- relevant benefit
means a benefit that is— (a) administered by the Secretary of State with responsibility for social security, and (b) recoverable under section 71 or 71ZB.
- relevant benefit component
means— (a) the mobility component of disability living allowance, if it is payable at the higher rate (see section 73(11)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act), or (b) the mobility component of personal independence payment, if it is payable at the enhanced rate (see section 79(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012);
- relevant contributions
means Class 1, Class 1A, Class 1B or Class 2 contributions.
- relevant debits or credits
means—
- relevant information
means any information held by the Secretary of State or any authorities in a country outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of any functions relating to, or to anything corresponding to or in the nature of, a social security benefit.
- relevant legislation
means—
- relevant person
has the meaning that it has in paragraph 18.
- relevant provider
means a person whose business consists of or includes the supply by way of lease or hire purchase of motor vehicles to persons in respect of whom a relevant benefit component is payable.
- relevant regulations
means—
- relevant social security benefit
means a benefit under any provision of the relevant social security legislation;
- relevant tax provision
means a provision mentioned in subsection (2).
- rent repayment order
means a rent repayment order as referred to in section 73 or 96 of the Housing Act 2004 or section 32 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014.
- severe hardship direction
means a direction given under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995;
- shadow director
means a shadow director as defined in section 251 of the Companies Act 2006;
- social security authority
means—
- social security or work matters
means matters relating to—
- social security post
means postal packets—
- sole account
means an account held by one person.
- special category data
means the types of personal data the processing of which is prohibited (to any extent) from time to time under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);
- specified
means specified in a pre-deduction notice or direct deduction order.
- state pension
means— (a) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;
- state pension credit
means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
- subordinate legislation
has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978.
- subsidiary
means a subsidiary as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.
- tax avoidance arrangements
includes arrangements which enable, or might be expected to enable, a person to obtain an advantage in relation to any tax (within the meaning of Part 7 of the Finance Act 2004).
- tax year
means the 12 months beginning with 6th April in any year;
- telecommunications operator
has the same meaning as in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (see section 261 of that Act).
- the 1975 Act
means the Social Security Act 1975;
- the 1986 Act
means the “ Social Security Act 1986”;
- the 1998 Act
means that Act).
- the amount of the basic pension
means the first amount specified in section 44(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (weekly rate of Category A retirement pension);
- the appointed day
means the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 54 to 56 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
- the appropriate authority
means— and any determination by the Secretary of State under that subsection must be made in accordance with any directions given by the Treasury.
- the appropriate court
means— and any application to the sheriff under this section shall be made by summary application.
- the appropriate fee
means the fee payable to the registrar or superintendent registrar for a certified copy of an entry in the register concerned by virtue of section 38A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, section 71A of the Marriage Act 1949 or section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. • “register of conversions” means the register of conversions of civil partnerships into marriages kept by the Registrar General in accordance with section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section;
- the appropriate national health service allocation
means 50 per cent of the product of the additional rate together with —
- the appropriate person
means the person to whom the information in question relates, except that if the affairs of that person are being dealt with— the appropriate person is the attorney,... controller, custodian or appointee, as the case may be, or, in a case falling within paragraph (a) above, the person to whom the information relates.
- The approved manner
means in such form and containing such particulars as may be approved by the Registrar General for Scotland.
- the commencing date
means the date fixed for payment of benefit at an altered rate to commence.
- the Consequential Provisions Act
means the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992;
- the Contributions and Benefits Act
means the Social Security (Contributions and Benefits) Act 1992;
- the court
means— (a) in England and Wales, a magistrates’ court, and (b) in Scotland, a sheriff or a summary sheriff;
- the current requirements
means—
- the designated authority
means such of the following as may be specified, namely- (a) the Secretary of State, (b) a person providing services to the Secretary of State, (c) a local authority, (ca) subject to subsection (9), a county council in England, (d) subject to subsection (9), a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any function of, any authority mentioned in paragraph (c) or (ca);
- the excess
means so much of the relevant benefit or increase as is equal to the difference between—
- the flat rate introduction year
has the meaning given by section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (interpretation of Parts 1 to 6 etc.);
- the FRAA
means the flat rate accrual amount (see paragraph 13 of Schedule 4B to the Contributions and Benefits Act (additional pension: simplified accrual rates for purposes of section 45(2)(d))).
- the Northern Ireland Administration Act
means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Administration Act 1992;
- the Northern Ireland Department
means the Department for Social Development but— (a) in section 122 and sections 122B to 122E also includes the Department of Finance and Personnel;
- the notifiable tax matters
means the arrangements, proposals or other matters in respect of which information is or may be required to be disclosed under a relevant tax provision;
- the Old Cases Act
means the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975;
- the Pensions Act
means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
- the person responsible
means the Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor or any person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of this subsection and includes a reference to “the person responsible” within the meaning of any corresponding enactment having effect in Northern Ireland.
- The prescribed fee
means any fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act.
- The prescribed manner
means— and forms for making a request under subsection (2) shall, on request, be supplied without charge by registration authorities.
- the prescribed rate
means the rate from time to time prescribed by regulations under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 for the purposes of the corresponding provision of Schedule 1 to the Contributions and Benefits Act, that is to say- (a) in relation to subsection (5) above, paragraph 6(2)(a);
- the primary recipient
means the person in whose favour that maintenance order was made.
- the product of the additional rate
means the amount estimated to be the aggregate of—
- the relevant claim enactment
means section 1 above as it has effect in relation to the claim referred to in subsection (1) above.
- the relevant enactments
means— (a) the provisions of the Contributions and Benefits Act, this Act and the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994, except as they apply to industrial injuries benefit and Old Cases payments;
- the relevant Northern Ireland enactments
means— (a) the provisions of the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act and the Northern Ireland Administration Act, except as they apply to Northern Ireland industrial injuries benefit and payments under Part I of Schedule 8 to the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act;
- the relevant period
means— (a) if the revocation is under section 16(3)(a) of that Act, the period beginning with the date of the change of circumstances and ending with the date of the revocation;
- the relevant social security legislation
means the provisions of any of the following, except so far as relating to contributions,... statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay, that is to say—
- the review period
means—
- the specified amounts in the case of industrial death benefit
means— (a) the amounts specified in paragraph 10 of Part 5 of that Schedule (apart from the amount of the initial rate), and (b) the amount specified in paragraph 11 of that Part of that Schedule.
- the Tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal.
- tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;
- universal credit assessment period
means an assessment period for the purposes of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
- vary
means vary under regulations made under section 10 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999.
- war disablement pension
means— (a) any retired pay, pension or allowance granted in respect of disablement under powers conferred by or under— (i) the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917 (c. 51);
- war pension
means a war pension within the meaning of section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989 (establishment and functions of war pensions committees).
- week
means a period of 7 days beginning with a Monday;
- work-focused interview
has the same meaning as in section 2A above.
- working day
means any day other than—