- a guaranteed income payment
(“taliad incwm gwarantedig”) means a payment made under article 15(1)(c) or article 29(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;
- Abbeyfield Home
(“Cartref Abbeyfield”) means an establishment run by the Abbeyfield Society including all bodies corporate or unincorporated which are affiliated to that society;
- academic year
(“blwyddyn academaidd”) means the period of twelve months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September according to whether the course in question begins in the winter, the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively but if students are required to begin attending the course during August or September and to continue attending through the autumn, the academic year of the course is to be considered to begin in the autumn rather than the summer;
- access funds
(“cronfeydd mynediad”) means— (a) grants made under section 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 for the purpose of providing funds on a discretionary basis to be paid to students;
- additional spouse
(“priod ychwanegol”) means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage;
- adoption leave
(“absenoldeb mabwysiadu”) means a period of absence from work on ordinary or additional adoption leave by virtue of section 75A or 75B of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- AFIP
(“TALIA”) means an armed forces independence payment payable in accordance with an armed and reserve forces compensation scheme established under section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004;
- applicable amount
(“swm cymwysadwy”) means— (a) in relation to a pensioner, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 23 and Schedule 2;
- applicant
(“ceisydd”) means a person applying for a reduction under this scheme;
- application
(“cais”) means an application for a reduction under this scheme;
- appropriate DWP office
(“swyddfa briodol yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau”) means an office of the Department of Work and Pensions dealing with state pension credit or an office which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support, a jobseeker’s allowance or an employment and support allowance.
- approved
(“cymeradwy”) means approved by means of a direction given by the Chief Executive of the authority for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule.
- approved blood scheme
(“cynllun gwaed cymeradwy”) means— (a) a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State, or a trust established with funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of a person having been infected from contaminated blood products;
- assessment period
(“cyfnod asesu”) has the same meaning as in the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;
- attendance allowance
(“lwfans gweini”) means— (a) an attendance allowance under Part 3 of the SSCBA;
- basic amount
(“swm sylfaenol”) means the aggregate of such amounts as may apply in the applicant’s case in accordance with paragraph 24(1)(a) to (e) or paragraph 25(2)(a) to (f) of this scheme.
- basic rate
(“cyfradd sylfaenol”) has the meaning given by the Income Tax Act 2007;
- benefit
(“budd-dal”) means—
- billing authority
(“awdurdod bilio”) means a billing authority as defined in section 1 of the 1992 Act.
- board and lodging accommodation
(“prydau bwyd a llety”) means accommodation provided to a person, or if that person is a member of a family, to that person or any other member of that person’s family, for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which both are cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of that person’s family) and are consumed in that accommodation or associated premises;
- chargeable income
(“incwm trethadwy”) means—
- child
(“plentyn”) means a person under the age of 16;
- child benefit
(“budd-dal plant”) has the meaning given by section 141 of the SSCBA;
- child maintenance
(“cynhaliaeth plant”) means any payment towards the maintenance of a child or young person, including any payment made voluntarily and payments made under— (a) the Child Support Act 1991;
- child tax credit
(“credyd treth plant”) means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
- claim for asylum
(“hawliad am loches”) has the same meaning as in section 94(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
- close relative
(“perthynas agos”) means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple;
- concessionary payment
(“taliad consesiynol”) 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 or tax credits under the benefit Acts or the Tax Credits Act 2002 are charged;
- contribution
(“cyfraniad”) means— (a) any contribution in respect of the income of a student or any person which the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or an education authority takes into account in ascertaining the amount of a student’s grant or student loan;
- contributory employment and support allowance
(“lwfanscyflogaeth a chymorthcyfrannol”) means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;
- converted employment and support allowance
(“lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth a droswyd”) means an employment and support allowance which is not income-related and to which a person is entitled as a result of a conversion decision within the meaning of the Employment and Support Allowance (Existing Awards) Regulations 2008;
- council tax benefit
(“budd-dal treth gyngor”) means council tax benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA;
- couple
(“cwpl”) has the meaning given by paragraph 4 of this scheme;
- course of study
(“cwrs astudio”) means any course of study, whether or not it is a sandwich course and whether or not a grant is made for attending or undertaking it;
- covenant income
(“incwm cyfamod”) means the gross income payable to a full-time student under a Deed of Covenant by that student’s parent;
- designated office
(“swyddfa ddynodedig”) means the office of the authority designated by it for the receipt of applications— (a) by notice upon or with a form supplied by the authority for the purposes of making an application;
- diagnosed person
(“person â diagnosis”) means a person who has been diagnosed as suffering from, or who, after that person’s death, has been diagnosed as having suffered from, variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease;
- disability living allowance
(“lwfans byw anabl”) means a disability living allowance under section 71 of the SSCBA;
- dwelling
(“annedd”) has the meaning given by section 3 of the 1992 Act;
- earned income
(“incwm a enillir”) has the meaning given in regulation 52 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.
- earnings
(“enillion”) has the meaning given by paragraph 38, 40, 41, 48 or 50 of this scheme as the case may be;
- education authority
(“awdurdod addysg”) means a government department, a local authority as defined in section 579 of the Education Act 1996 (interpretation), a local education authority as defined in section 123 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, an education and library board established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, any body which is a research council for the purposes of the Science and Technology Act 1965 or any analogous government department, authority, board or body, of the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or any other country outside Great Britain;
- electronic communication
(“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
- employment zone
(”parth cyflogaeth”) means an area within Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and an “employment zone programme” (“rhaglen parth cyflogaeth”)_means a programme established for such an area or areas designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment;
- employment zone contractor
(“contractwr parth cyflogaeth”) means a person who is undertaking the provision of facilities in respect of an employment zone programme on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions;
- enactment
(“deddfiad”) includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament or an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;
- equity release scheme
(“cynllun rhyddhau ecwiti”) means a loan—
- Exempt work
(“gwaith esempt”) means work of the kind described in— and, in determining for the purposes of this paragraph whether an applicant or a member of a couple is undertaking any type of exempt work, it is immaterial whether that person or that person’s partner is also undertaking other work.
- extended reduction
(“gostyngiad estynedig”) means a reduction under this scheme for which a person is eligible under Part 11 of this scheme;
- extended reduction period
(“cyfnod gostyngiad estynedig”) means the period for which a person is in receipt of an extended reduction in accordance with paragraph 87, 94 or 99 of this scheme;
- family
(“teulu”) has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of this scheme;
- full-time course of study
(“cwrs astudio llawn amser”) means a full-time course of study which— (a) is not funded in whole or in part by the Secretary of State in relation to England or the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 or the Secretary of State under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, or a full-time course of study which is not funded in whole or in part by the Scottish Ministers at a college of further education or a full-time course of study which is a course of higher education and is funded in whole or in part by the Scottish Ministers;
- full-time student
(“myfyriwr amser llawn”) means a person attending or undertaking a full-time course of study and includes a student on a sandwich course;
- funeral plan contract
(“contract cynllun angladd ”) means a contract under which—
- grant income
(“incwm grant”) means— (a) any income by way of a grant;
- higher education
(“addysg uwch”) means higher education within the meaning of Part 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;
- housing benefit
(“budd-dal tai”) means housing benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA;
- income
(“incwm”) means income of any of the following descriptions—
- income-related employment and support allowance
(“lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth ar sail incwm”) means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
- information
(“gwybodaeth”) includes an application for a reduction under this scheme and a certificate, notice or other evidence;
- invalid carriage or other vehicle
(“cerbyd ar gyfer pobl anabl neu fath arall o gerbyd”) means a vehicle propelled by a petrol engine or by electric power supplied for use on the road and to be controlled by the occupant;
- last day of the course
(“diwrnod olaf y cwrs”) means— (a) in the case of a qualifying course, the date on which the last day of that course falls or the date on which the final examination relating to that course is completed, whichever is the later;
- liable relative
(“perthynas atebol”) means a person listed in regulation 54 (interpretation) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, other than a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) of that definition.
- local authority
(“awdurdod lleol”) has the meaning given by section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;
- lone parent
(“unig riant”) 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;
- lump sum
(“cyfandaliad”) means a lump sum under section 10 of the Pensions Act 2014.
- maternity leave
(“cyfnod mamolaeth”) means a period during which a woman is absent from work because the woman is pregnant or has given birth to a child, and at the end of which the woman has a right to return to work either under the terms of the woman’s contract of employment or under Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- maximum amount
(“swm uchaf”) means the maximum amount calculated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 8(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
- maximum council tax reduction amount
(“uchafswm gostyngiad treth gyngor”) means the amount determined in accordance with paragraph 27 of this scheme;
- medically approved
(“a gymeradwywyd yn feddygol”) means certified by a medical practitioner;
- member of the work-related activity group
(“aelod o’r grŵp gweithgaredd perthynol i waith”) means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under either— (a) Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations;
- miscarriage of justice compensation payment
(“taliad digollediad camweinyddu cyfiawnder”) means— (a) a payment made under section 133(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, or (b) any other payment made by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice, for the purpose of compensating a person— (a) for a miscarriage of justice in criminal proceedings, or (b) for being wrongfully charged with a criminal offence;
- mobility supplement
(“atodiad symudedd”) means— (a) in relation to pensioners, a supplement to which paragraph 5(1)(a)(vii) of Schedule 4 to this scheme refers;
- modular course
(“cwrs modiwlaidd”) means a course of study which consists of two or more modules, the successful completion of a specified number of which is required before a person is considered by the educational establishment to have completed the course.
- money purchase benefits
(“buddion pryniant ariannol”) has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes Act 1993.
- mover
(“symudwr”) means an applicant who changes the dwelling in which the applicant is resident, and in respect of which the applicant is liable to pay council tax, from a dwelling in the area of the authority to a dwelling in the area of a second authority;
- neonatal care leave
(“absenoldeb gofal newydd-anedig”) means leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- net earnings
(“enillion net”) means such earnings as are calculated in accordance with paragraph 39 or 49 of this scheme, as the case may be;
- net profit
(“elw net”) means such profit as is calculated in accordance with paragraph 58 of this scheme;
- new dwelling
(“annedd newydd”) means, for the purposes of the definition of “second authority” and paragraphs 89, 96 and 101 of this scheme, the dwelling to which an applicant has moved, or is about to move, in which the applicant will be resident;
- non-dependant
(“annibynnydd”) has the meaning given by paragraph 9 of this scheme;
- occasional assistance
(“cymorth achlysurol”) means any payment or provision made by a local authority, the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of— (a) meeting, or helping to meet an immediate short-term need— (a) arising out of an exceptional event or exceptional circumstance, or (b) that needs to be met to avoid a risk to the well-being of an individual, and (b) enabling qualifying individuals to establish or maintain a settled home, and— (a) “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) has the meaning given by section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;
- occupational pension
(“pensiwn galwedigaethol”) 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;
- occupational pension scheme
(“cynllun pensiwn galwedigaethol”) has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
- official computer system
(“system gyfrifiadurol swyddogol”) means a computer system maintained by or on behalf of the authority for the sending, receiving, processing or storing of any information.
- official error
(“camgymeriad swyddogol”) means an error made by— (a) the authority or a person— (a) authorised to carry out any function of the authority relating to this scheme;
- ordinary clothing and footwear
(“dillad ac esgidiau cyffredin”) means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities;
- parental bereavement leave
(“absenoldeb profedigaeth rhiant”) means leave under section 80EA of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- part-time employment
(“cyflogaeth ran-amser”) means employment in which the person is engaged on average for less than 16 hours a week.
- paternity leave
(“absenoldeb tadolaeth”) means a period of absence from work on... leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act;
- patient
(“claf”) has the meaning given in paragraph 17(6) of this scheme, and
- pension fund holder
(“deiliad cronfa bensiwn”) means with respect to a personal pension scheme or an occupational pension scheme, the trustees, managers or scheme administrators, as the case may be, of the scheme concerned;
- pensionable age
(“oedran pensiynadwy”) has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995;
- pensioner
(“pensiynwr”) has the meaning given by paragraph 3(2)(a) of this scheme;
- period of study
(“cyfnod astudio”) means— (a) in the case of a course of study for one year or less, the period beginning with the start of the course and ending with the last day of the course;
- period of temporary absence
(“cyfnod o absenoldeb”) means—
- periods of experience
(“cyfnodau o brofiad”) means periods of work experience which form part of a sandwich course;
- person on income support
(“person ar gymhorthdal incwm”) means a person in receipt of income support;
- Person subject to immigration control
(“person sy’n ddarostyngedig i reolaeth fewnfudo”) has the meaning given in section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- person who is not a pensioner
(“person nad yw’n bensiynwr”) has the meaning given by paragraph 3(2)(b) of this scheme;
- personal independence payment
(“taliad annibyniaeth bersonol”) has the meaning given by Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
- personal pension scheme
(“cynllun pensiwn personol”) means— (a) a personal pension scheme as defined by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
- persons treated as not being in Great Britain
(“personal a drinnir fel pe na baent ym Mhrydain Fawr”) has the meaning given by paragraph 19 of this scheme;
- policy of life insurance
(“polisi yswiriant bywyd”) 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;
- polygamous marriage
(“priodas amlbriod”) means any marriage to which paragraph 5 of this scheme applies;
- Post Office compensation payment
(“taliad digollediad Swyddfa’r Post”) means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is— (a) in connection with the failings of the Horizon system, or (b) otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd ((No. 3) “Common Issues”);
- public authority
(“awdurdod cyhoeddus”) includes any person whose functions are of a public nature;
- qualifying age for state pension credit
(“oedran cymhwyso ar gyfer credyd pensiwn y wladwriaeth”) means (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002)— (a) in the case of a woman, pensionable age;
- qualifying contribution
(“cyfraniad cymwys”)means any sum which is payable periodically as a contribution towards a personal pension scheme.
- qualifying contributory benefit
(“budd-dal cyfrannol cymwys”) means— (a) severe disablement allowance;
- qualifying course
(“cwrs cymwys”) means a qualifying course as defined for the purposes of Parts 2 and 4 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;
- qualifying income-related benefit
(“budd-dal cymwys ar sail incwm”) means— (a) income support;
- qualifying individuals
(“unigolion cymwys”) means individuals who have been, or without the assistance might otherwise be— (aa) in prison, hospital, an establishment providing residential care or other institution, or (bb) homeless or otherwise living an unsettled way of life;
- qualifying person
(“person cymwys”) means a person who is in receipt of a Post Office compensation payment, a vaccine damage payment, an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment, or a person in respect of whom payment has been made from the Fund, the Eileen Trust, MFET Limited, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation, an approved blood scheme, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fundthe Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme,, the Windrush Compensation Scheme or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund;
- qualifying premium
(“premiwm cymwys”) means any premium which is payable periodically in respect of a personal pension scheme and is so payable on or after the date of application.
- qualifying support
(“cymhorthdal cymwys”) means income support to which that person is entitled by virtue of paragraph 14B of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;
- reduction week
(“wythnos ostyngiad”) means a period of seven consecutive days beginning with a Monday and ending with a Sunday;
- registered pension scheme
(“cynllun pensiwn cofrestredig”) has the meaning given in section 150(2) of the Finance Act 2004.
- relevant benefit
(“budd-dal perthnasol”) means any benefit specified in paragraph 21(2);
- relevant calculation or estimate
(“cyfrifiad neu amcangyfrif perthnasol”) means the calculation or estimate made by the Secretary of State of the applicant’s or, as the case may be, the applicant’s partner’s income and capital for the purposes of the award of state pension credit;
- relevant determination
(“penderfyniad perthnasol”) means a change in the determination by the authority of the applicant’s income and capital using the relevant calculation or estimate, in accordance with paragraph 33(1) (calculation of pensioner’s income in savings credit only cases).
- relevant enactment
(“deddfiad perthnasol”) means—
- relevant financial year
(“blwyddyn ariannol berthnasol”) means, in relation to any particular day, the financial year within which the day in question falls.
- relevant payment
(“taliad perthnasol”) means either a student loan or an amount intended for the maintenance of dependants referred to in paragraph 73(7) or both.
- relevant period
(“cyfnod perthnasol”) means the period beginning with the day on which a person (“P”) and each partner of P has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and ending with the day on which the last assessment period for universal credit ends.
- relevant subsequent week
(“wythnos ddilynol berthnasol”) means the reduction week or part-week which includes the day on which the further application or, if more than one further application has been made, the last such application was made.
- relevant trust
(“ymddiriedolaeth berthnasol”) means a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons who suffered, or who are suffering, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for the benefit of persons eligible for payments in accordance with its provisions;
- relevant week
(“wythnos berthnasol”) means the reduction week or part-week in which the capital in question of which the applicant has deprived himself or herself within the meaning of paragraph 64(1)— (a) was first taken into account for the purpose of determining the applicant’s entitlement to a reduction;
- remunerative work
(“gwaith am dâl”) has the meaning given by paragraph 10 of this scheme;
- rent
(“rhent”) means “eligible rent” to which regulation 12B of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have acquired the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 refers, less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under paragraph 28 (non-dependant deductions) of this scheme;
- resident
(“preswylydd”) has the meaning given by Part 1 of the 1992 Act;
- residential accommodation
(“llety preswyl”) means accommodation which is provided in— (a) a care home;
- sandwich course
(“cwrs rhyngosod”) has the meaning prescribed in regulation 2(10) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011, regulation 2(6) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2012, regulation 4(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007, or regulation 2(10) of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, as the case may be;
- second authority
(“ail awdurdod”) means the authority to which a mover is liable to make payments for the new dwelling;
- self-employment route
(“llwybr hunangyflogaeth”) means assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in— (a) an employment zone programme;
- service user group
(“grŵp defnyddwyr gwasanaeth”) means a group of individuals that is consulted by or on behalf of— (a) a Health Board, Special Health Board or the Common Services Agency for Scottish Health in consequence of a function under section 2B of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
- shared parental leave
(“absenoldebrhiant a rennir”) means leave by virtue of section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- single applicant
(“ceisydd sengl”) means an applicant who neither has a partner nor is a lone parent;
- sports award
(“dyfarniad chwaraeon”) means an award made by one of the Sports Councils named in section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc Act 1993 out of sums allocated to it for distribution under that section;
- standard maintenance grant
(“grant cynhaliaeth safonol”) means— (a) except where paragraph (b) or (c) applies, in the case of a student attending or undertaking a course of study at the University of London or an establishment within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District, the amount specified for the time being in paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) for such a student;
- state pension credit
(“credyd pensiwn y wladwriaeth”) means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
- statutory neonatal care pay
(“tâl gofal newydd-anedig statudol”) means statutory neonatal care pay under section 171ZZ16 of the SSCBA;
- student
(“myfyriwr”) has the meaning given by paragraph 70 of this scheme;
- student loan
(“benthyciad myfyriwr”)means a loan towards a student’s maintenance pursuant to any regulations made under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 or Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and includes, in Scotland, a young student’s bursary paid under regulation 4(1)(c) of the Students’ Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007.
- subsistence allowance
(“lwfans cynhaliaeth”) means an allowance which an employment zone contractor has agreed to pay to a person who is participating in an employment zone programme;
- tax credit
(“credyd treth”) means child tax credit or working tax credit.
- tax year
(“blwyddyn dreth”) means a period beginning with 6 April in one year and ending with 5 April in the next;
- the 1992 Act
(“Deddf 1992”) means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
- the authority
(“yr awdurdod”) means a billing authority in relation to whose area this scheme has effect;
- the benefit Acts
(“y Deddfau budd-dal”) means the SSCBA, the Jobseekers Act 1995, the State Pension Credit Act 2002, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and the Pensions Act 2014;
- the Caxton Foundation
(“sefydliad Caxton”) means the charitable trust of that name established on 28 March 2011 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;
- the Dispensing Instruments
(“yr Offerynnau Dosbarthu”) means the Order in Council of 19 December 1881, the Royal Warrant of 27 October 1884 and the Order by His Majesty of 14 January 1922 (exceptional grants of pay, non-effective pay and allowances).
- the Eileen Trust
(“Ymddiriedolaeth Eileen”) means the charitable trust of that name established on 29 March 1993 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;
- the Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme
(“y Cynllun Cyflogaeth, Sgiliau a Menter”) means a scheme under section 17A (schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 known by that name and provided pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State that is designed to assist claimants for job-seekers allowance to obtain employment, including self-employment, and which may include for any individual work-related activity (including work experience or job search);
- the first Monday in September
(“y dydd Llun cyntaf ym Medi”) means the Monday which first occurs in the month of September in any year.
- the Fund
(“y Gronfa”) 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 the Secretary of State on 24 April 1992 or, in Scotland, on 10 April 1992;
- the Horizon system
(“y system Horizon”) means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;
- the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund
(“Cronfa Gymorth Elusennol Bomiau Llundain”) means the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072), and registered charity of that name established on 11 July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7 July 2005;
- the London Emergencies Trust
(“Ymddiriedolaeth Argyfyngau Llundain”) means the company of that name (number 09928465) incorporated on 23 December 2015 and the registered charity of that name (number 1172307) established on 28 March 2017;
- the Macfarlane Trust
(“Ymddiriedolaeth Macfarlane”) 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;
- the period of an award of a reduction under this scheme
(“cyfnod dyfarniad o ostyngiad o dan gynllun awdurdod”) means—
- the Post Office
(“Swyddfa’r Post”) means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);
- the relevant date
(“y dyddiad perthnasol”) means the date on which the application for a reduction under this scheme was made;
- the relevant sum
(“y swm perthnasol”) means the payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or the total amount referred to in sub-paragraph (2).
- the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme
(“Cynllun Cymorth Gwaed Heintiedig yr Alban”) means the scheme of that name administered by the Common Services Agency (constituted by section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978);
- the Skipton Fund
(”Cronfa Skipton”) means the ex-gratia payment scheme administered by the Skipton Fund Limited, incorporated on 25 March 2004, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with the scheme’s provisions;
- the SSCBA
(“DCBNC”) means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
- the Trusts
(“yr Ymddiriedolaethau”) means the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust and the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No 2) Trust;
- the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme
(“y Cynllun Digolledu Dioddefwyr Terfysgaeth Dramor”) means the scheme of that name established by the Ministry of Justice in 2012 under section 47 of the Crime and Security Act 2010;
- the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund
(“Cronfa Argyfwng We Love Manchester”) means the registered charity of that name (number 1173260) established on 30 May 2017;
- the Windrush Compensation Scheme
(“Cynllun Digolledu Windrush”) means— (a) the scheme of that name operated by the Secretary of State for the purpose of compensating individuals who have suffered loss in connection with being unable to demonstrate their lawful status in the United Kingdom;
- training allowance
(“lwfans hyfforddi”) means an allowance (whether by way of periodical grants or otherwise) payable— (a) out of public funds by a Government department or by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise... or the Welsh Ministers;
- training course
(“cwrs hyfforddi”) means a course of training or instruction provided wholly or partly by or on behalf of or in pursuance of arrangements made with, or approved by or on behalf of, Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, a government department, the Welsh Ministers or the Secretary of State.
- trust payment
(“taliad ymddiriedolaeth”) means a payment under a relevant trust.
- universal credit
(“credyd cynhwysol”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
- vaccine damage payment
(“taliad niwed drwy frechiad”) means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;
- voluntary organisation
(“sefydliad gwirfoddol”) means a body, other than a public or local authority, the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit;
- war disablement pension
(“pensiwn anabledd rhyfel”) means any retired pay or pension or allowance payable in respect of disablement under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
- war pension
(“pensiwn rhyfel”) means a war disablement pension, a war widow’s pension or a war widower’s pension;
- water charges
(“taliadau dŵr”) means— (a) as respects England and Wales, any water and sewerage charges under Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Water Industry Act 1991;
- work placement
(“lleoliad gwaith”) means practical work experience which is not undertaken in expectation of payment.
- working tax credit
(“credyd treth gwaith”) means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
- young person
(“person ifanc”) means a person who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the SSCBA.