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133 Interpretation of Part VII and supplementary provisions.N.I.
(1)In this Part of this Act—
“child” means a person under the age of 16;
[“dwelling” means any residential accommodation, whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;]
“the Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
“family” means—
(a)
a married or unmarried couple;
(b)
a married or unmarried couple and a member of the same household for whom one of them is or both are responsible and who is a child or a person of a prescribed description;
(c)
except in prescribed circumstances, a person who is not a member of a married or unmarried couple and a member of the same household for whom that person is responsible and who is a child or a person of a prescribed description;
[“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;]
“industrial injuries regulations” means the regulations made under Schedule 8 to this Act or section 150 of the 1975 Act or under the Old Cases Act;
“married couple” means a man and woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;
“prescribed” means specified in or determined in accordance with regulations;
“unmarried couple” means a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;
“war pension scheme” means a scheme under which war pensions (as defined in section 25(4) of the Social Security Act 1989) are provided.
(2)Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Part of this Act—
(a)as to circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being in Northern Ireland;
(b)continuing a person’s entitlement to benefit during periods of temporary absence from Northern Ireland;
(c)as to what is or is not to be treated as remunerative work or as employment;
[(d)as to circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as engaged or normally engaged in remunerative work;]
(e)as to what is or is not to be treated as relevant education;
(f)as to circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as receiving relevant education;
(g)specifying the descriptions of pension increases under war pension schemes or the industrial injuries regulations that are analogous to the benefits mentioned in section 128(2)(b)(i) to (iii) above;
(h)as to circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home;
(i)for treating any person who is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling as if he were not so liable;
(j)for treating any person who is not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling as if he were so liable;
(k)for treating as included in a dwelling any land used for the purposes of the dwelling;
(l)as to circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being or not being members of the same household;
(m)as to circumstances in which one person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another.
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