The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations 1994

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 Part III of the 1992 Act;

means accommodation provided to a person or, where he is a member of a family, to him or any other member of his family, for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked and prepared meals which are both cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of his family) and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises.

means—

means a person under the age of 16;

means child benefit under Part IX of the 1992 Act;

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 VII of the 1992 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 1992 Act 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 (interpretation) takes into account in assessing the amount of the student’s grant and by which the amount is, as a consequence, reduced;

means council tax benefit under Part VII of the 1992 Act as amended by the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103 and Schedule 9;

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.

means a disability living allowance under Part III of the 1992 Act;

means a disability working allowanceunder section 123 of that Act;

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 but does not include a payment derived from funds made available by the Secretary of State for the purpose of assisting students in financial difficulties under section 100 of the Education Act 1944, sections 131 and 132 of the Education Reform Act 1988, section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 or section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

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 VII of the 1992 Act;

includes income to which regulations 27 (capital treated as income), 28 (notional income) and 43 (treatment of student loans) refer.

means income support under Part VII of that Act;

means any benefit to which section 123 of that 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 given by section 137(1) of the 1992 Act;

means a period during which a woman is absent from work because she is pregnant or has given birth to a child, and at the end of which she has a right to return to work either under the terms of her contract of employment or under Part III of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;

means a member of a married or unmarried couple;

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

means such earnings as are determined in accordance withregulation 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 16 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;

has the same meaning as in section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and, in the case of a self-employed earner, includes a scheme approved by the Board of Inland Revenue under Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

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 a person in respect of whom payment has been made from the Fund;

means any premium which at the date of the application is payable periodically in respect of a retirement annuity contract or a personal pension scheme;

means— (a) in relation to England and Wales, any amount payable under any of sections 43, 45 or 54 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rates) and includes any sum payable on account of any such amount;

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 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, the Family Law Act 1986 and the Children Act 1989.

has the meaning given by regulation 3;

has the meaning given by regulation 5;

means eligible rent within the meaning of regulation 10(3) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987, less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 63 of those Regulations.

means 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 a partner or dependant and in respect of which relief for income tax may be given on any premium.

has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1993;

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

means a payment pursuant to Part VIII of the 1992 Act;

has the meaning given in regulation 38;

means a supplementary pension or allowance under section 1 or 4 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 • “training allowance” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 • “unmarried couple” means a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife;

means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;

means moneys made available from time to time by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with the provisions of a scheme established by him on 24th April 1992, or, in Scotland, on 10th April 1992;

means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

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 Independent Living Fund, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund;

means the trust of that name, established on 3rd May 1991, partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia and other beneficiaries;

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;

means the MacFarlane Trust, the MacFarlane (Special Payments) Trust and the MacFarlane (Special Payments) (No.2) Trust;

has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 • “unmarried couple” means a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife;

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

means — (a) in relation to England and Wales, any water and sewerage charges under Chapter I of Part V of the Water Industry Act 1991;

has the meaning given 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 142 of the 1992 Act (meaning of child).