The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations 1990

means an application within section 109(1) of the Act;

means such period as is prescribed in regulations 17 to 19 over which income falls to be determined;

means– (a) an attendance allowance under section 35 of the 1975 Act;

means a person who pays a charge for his accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which are both prepared and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises;

means–

means a person under the age of 16;

means child benefit under Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975;

means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or the spouse of any of the preceding persons or, if that person is one of an unmarried couple, the other member of that couple;

means an area, other than a room or rooms, of common access (including halls and passageways).

means community charge benefits under Part II of the 1986 Act;

means a payment made under arrangements made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury which is charged either to the National Insurance Fund or to a Departmental Expenditure Vote to which payments of benefit under the 1986 Act, the 1975 Act or the Child Benefit Act 1975 are charged;

means any contribution in respect of the income of any other person which a Minister of the Crown or an education authority as defined in regulation 46 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 takes into account in assessing the amount of the student’s grant and by which the amount is, as a consequence, reduced;

means any full-time or part-time course of study or sandwich course whether or not a grant is made for attending it;

means an application to which regulation 10 refers.

includes any premises not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated.

means in the case of employment as an employed earner, any remuneration or profit derived from that employment and includes–

means– (a) a married or unmarried couple;

includes a student on a sandwich course;

means any kind of educational grant or award and includes any scholarship, studentship, exhibition, allowance or bursary;

means– (a) any income by way of a grant;

has the same meaning as in section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977;

means housing benefit under Part II of the 1986 Act;

includes income derived under regulations 27 and 28 (capital treated as income and notional income).

means income support under Part II of the 1986 Act;

means any benefit to which section 20(1) of the 1986 Act refers;

means a vehicle propelled by petrol engine or electric power supplied for use on the road and to be controlled by the occupant;

means– (a) in relation to England and Wales, the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a child or young person;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(11) of the 1986 Act;

means a member of a married or unmarried couple;

means an allowance under section 37A of the 1975 Act;

means a supplement to which paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 refers;

means such earnings as are determined in accordance with regulation 22;

means such profit as is determined in accordance with regulation 24;

means any person, except someone to whom paragraph (2) applies, who normally resides with a relevant person.

means any pension or other periodical payment under an occupational pension scheme but does not include any discretionary payment out of a fund established for relieving hardship in particular cases;

means clothing or footwear for normal daily use but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities.

means employment in which the person is engaged on average for less than 24 hours a week.

means– (a) where a person is a member of a married or unmarried couple, the other member of that couple;

means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a youth custody institution) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975.

includes part of a payment;

means any instrument by which the payment of money is assured on death (except death by accident only) or the happening of any contingency dependent on human life, or any instrument evidencing a contract which is subject to payment of premiums for a term dependent on human life;

means any marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is married to more than one person and the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy;

means any premium or other consideration payable under an annuity contract for the time being approved by the Board of Inland Revenue as having for its main object the provision for the relevant person of a life annuity in old age or the provision of an annuity for his partner or for any one or more of his dependants and in respect of which relief for income tax may be given.

means the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955, the Naval Discipline Act 1957, the Adoption Act 1958, the Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, the Children Act 1958, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the Family Law Reform Act 1969, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, the Guardianship Act 1973, the Children Act 1975, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978, the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, the Child Care Act 1980 and the Foster Children Act 1980.

has the meaning assigned by regulation 3;

has the meaning assigned by regulation 5;

has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1988;

means a person who neither has a partner nor is a lone parent;

means a payment under section 32 of the 1986 Act;

means a person who is attending a course of study at an educational establishment including a registered student.

has the same meaning as in the 1986 Act.

means the Social Security Act 1975;

means the Social Security Act 1986;

means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;

has the meaning assigned by section 84(1) of the 1986 Act;

means the charitable trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing financial assistance to those persons incapacitated by or otherwise suffering from very severe disablement who are in need of such assistance to enable them to live independently;

means the trust of that name, established on 29th January 1990, partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;

means the charitable trust, established partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society, for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;

has the meaning assigned by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987;

means a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife;

has the meaning assigned by section 84(1) of the 1986 Act;

has the meaning assigned by section 832(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

means a person, not being a person who is in receipt of income support or a person who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (relevant education), aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of child).