In deciding whether a person is entitled to benefit in a case where his entitlement depends on his having been entitled to the same or some other benefit before attaining a particular age, subsection (3) above shall be disregarded for the purpose only of deciding whether he was so entitled before attaining that age.

In this section—

• “adjudicating authority” means—

  1. a

     the Secretary of State;

  2. b

     any former officer, tribunal or body; or

  3. c

     any officer, tribunal or body in Northern Ireland corresponding to a former officer, tribunal or body;

• “benefit” means—

  1. a

     benefit under Parts II to V of the Contributions and Benefits Act, other than Old Cases payments;

  2. b

     benefit under Part II of the [1975 c. 14.] Social Security Act 1975 (in respect of a period before 1st July 1992 but not before 6th April 1975);

  3. c

     benefit under the [1946 c. 67.] National Insurance Act 1946 or [1965 c. 51.] 1965, or the [1946 c. 62.] National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 or [1965 c. 52.] 1965 (in respect of a period before 6th April 1975);

  4. d

     a jobseeker’s allowance;

  5. dd

     F1state pension credit;

  6. de

     F3an employment and support allowance;

  7. df

     F11personal independence payment;

  8. dg

     F13bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;

  9. e

     any benefit corresponding to a benefit mentioned in F2paragraphs (a) F14to (dg) above; and

  10. f

      F10universal credit;

  11. g

      F12state pension or a lump sum under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;

• “the court” means the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of Session, the High Court or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, the F8Supreme Court or the Court of Justice of the F9European Union;

• “former officer, tribunal or body” means any of the following, that is to say—

  1. a

     an adjudication officer or, in the case of a decision given on a reference under section 21(2) or 25(1) of the Administration Act, a social security appeal tribunal, a disability appeal tribunal or a medical appeal tribunal;

  2. b

     an adjudicating medical practitioner appointed under section 49 of that Act or a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner appointed in accordance with regulations under section 62(2) of that Act; or

  3. c

     the National Assistance Board, the Supplementary Benefits Commission, the Attendance Allowance Board, a benefit officer, an insurance officer or a supplement officer.

The date of the relevant determination shall, in prescribed cases, be determined for the purposes of this section in accordance with any regulations made for that purpose.