121 Interpretation of Parts I to VI and supplementary provisions.

• F1“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

  • “current”, in relation to the lower and upper earnings limits F2and primary and secondary thresholds under section 5(1) above, means for the time being in force;

  • F3“day of interruption of employment” has the meaning assigned by section 25A(1)(c) above;

  • “deferred” and “period of deferment” have the meanings assigned to them by section 55 above;

  • “earner” and “earnings” are to be construed in accordance with sections 3, 4 and 112 above;

  • “employed earner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 above;

  • “employment” includes any trade, business, profession, office or vocation and “employed” has a corresponding meaning;

  • “entitled”, in relation to any benefit, is to be construed in accordance with—

    1. a

       the provisions specifically relating to that benefit;

    2. b

       in the case of a benefit specified in section 20(1) above, section 21 above; and

    3. c

       sections 1 to 3 F4of the Administration Act and Article 27 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

  • “government department” means, or as the case may require, includes, a Northern Ireland department;

  • “industrial injuries benefit” means benefit under Part V of this Act, other than under Schedule 8 to this Act;

• F5. . .

  • “the Inland Revenue” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

  • “late husband”, in relation to a woman who has been more than once married, means her last husband;

  • “long-term benefit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(2) above;

  • “loss of physical faculty” includes disfigurement whether or not accompanied by any loss of physical faculty;

  • F6“lower earnings limit”, “upper earnings limit”F7“primary threshold” and “secondary threshold” are to be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section 5 above, and references to the lower or upper earnings limit, or to F7the primary or secondary threshold, of a tax year are to whatever is (or was) for that year the limit or threshold in force under that subsection;

  • “medical examination” includes bacteriological and radiographical tests and similar investigations and “medically examined” has a corresponding meaning;

  • “medical treatment” means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course or diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting himself to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;

  • “Old Cases payments” means payments under Part I of Schedule 8 to this Act;

• F8“PAYE settlement agreement” has the same meaning as in section 206A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

  • “payments by way of occupational or personal pension” means, in relation to a person, periodical payments which, in connection with the coming to an end of an employment of his, fall to be made to him-

    1. a

       out of money provided wholly or partly by the employer or under arrangements made by the employer;

    2. b

       out of money provided under an enactment or instrument having the force of law in any part of the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

    3. c

       under a personal pension scheme as defined in Article 2(2) of the 1986 Order;

    4. d

       under a contract or trust scheme approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the M5Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988; or

    5. e

       under a personal pension scheme approved under Chapter IV of that Part of that Act,

    and such other payments as are prescribed;

  • F9“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

  • “pneumoconiosis” means fibrosis of the lungs due to silica dust, asbestos dust, or other dust, and includes the condition of the lungs known as dust-reticulation;

  • “prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;

  • “primary percentage” is to be construed in accordance with F10section 8(2) above;

  • “qualifying earnings factor” means an earnings factor equal to the lower earnings limit for the year in question multiplied by 52;

  • “relative” includes a person who is a relative by marriage and a person who would be a relative if some person born illegitimate had been born legitimate;

  • “relevant accident” means the accident in respect of which industrial injuries benefit is claimed or payable;

  • “relevant injury” means the injury in respect of which industrial injuries benefit is claimed or payable;

  • “relevant loss of faculty” means—

    1. a

       in relation to severe disablement allowance, the loss of faculty which results in the disablement; or

    2. b

       in relation to industrial injuries benefit, the loss of faculty resulting from the relevant injury;

  • “self-employed earner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 above;

  • “short-term benefit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(2) above;

  • “tax week” means one of the successive periods in a tax year beginning with the first day of that year and every seventh day thereafter, the last day of a tax year (or, in the case of a tax year ending in a leap year, the last two days) to be treated accordingly as a separate tax week;

  • “tax year” means the twelve months beginning with 6th April in any year, the expression “1978-79” meaning the tax year beginning with 6th April 1978, and any correspondingly framed reference to a pair of successive years being construed as a reference to the tax year beginning with 6th April in the earlier of them;

  • “trade or business” includes, in relation to a public or local authority, the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of that authority;

  • “trade union” means an association of employed earners;

  • “week”, except in relation to F11disabled person’s tax credit, means a period of 7 days beginning with Sunday.

• F12“working life” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(8) of Schedule 3 to this Act.