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Part XIII General

Interpretation

C2172 Application of Act in relation to territorial waters.

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.

C3173 Age.

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.

174 References to Acts.

In this Act—

  • “the 1975 Act” means the M1Social Security Act 1975;

  • “the 1986 Act” means the M2Social Security Act 1986;

  • “the Administration Act” means the M3Social Security Administration Act 1992;

  • “the Consequential Provisions Act” means the M4Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992;

  • “the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act” M5means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

  • “the Old Cases Act” means the M6Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975; and

  • “the Pensions Act” means the F1Pension Schemes Act 1993.