Part VII Income-Related Benefits

General

133 Interpretation of Part VII and supplementary provisions.

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In this Part of this Act—

  • “child” means a person under the age of 16;

  • F8“couple” means—

    1. a

      two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, or

    2. b

      two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;

  • F1“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—

    1. a

      a F5couple;

    2. b

      a F5couple 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;

    3. c

      except in prescribed circumstances, a person who is not a member of a F5couple 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;

  • F2“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

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  • F10“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

  • “prescribed” means specified in or determined in accordance with regulations;

  • F11“the qualifying age for state pension credit” is (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002)—

    1. a

      in the case of a woman, pensionable age; or

    2. b

      in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;

  • F12“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;

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  • “war pension scheme” means a scheme under which war pensions (as defined in section 25(4) of the M1Social Security Act 1989) are provided.

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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;

F3d

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 F4... 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.