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In this Act—
(a)any reference to Great Britain includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain;
(b)any reference to the United Kingdom includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.
For the purposes of this Act a person—
(a)is over or under a particular age if he has or, as the case may be, has not attained that age; and
(b)is between two particular ages if he has attained the first but not the second;
and in Scotland (as in England and Wales) the time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years is the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.
In this Act—
“the 1975 Act” means the [1975 c. 14.] Social Security Act 1975;
“the 1986 Act” means the [1986 c. 50.] Social Security Act 1986;
“the Administration Act” means the [1992 c. 5.] Social Security Administration Act 1992;
“the Consequential Provisions Act” means the [1992 c. 6.] Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992;
“the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act” means the [1992 c. 7.] Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Old Cases Act” means the [1975 c. 16.] Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975; and
“the Pensions Act” means the [1975 c. 60.] Social Security Pensions Act 1975.
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