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(1)In this Part of this Act—
“child” means a person under the age of 16;
“the Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
“family” means—
a married or unmarried couple;
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;
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;
“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 [1989 c. 24.] 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—
(i)engaged or normally engaged in remunerative work;
(ii)available for employment; or
(iii)actively seeking employment;
(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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