“the Assembly” means the Northern Ireland Assembly;

“the 1975 Act” means the M1Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;

“benefit” means benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act F1and includes F2universal credit, F3state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, a jobseeker’s allowance F4state pension credit, an employment and support allowance and personal independence payment F5and bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 ;

“Christmas bonus” means a payment under Part X of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“claim” is to be construed in accordance with “claimant”;

F7“Commissioner” means the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner and includes a tribunal of 2 or more Commissioners constituted under Article 16(7) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

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“the Consequential Provisions Act” means the M2Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“Consolidated Fund” means the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland;

F9“contribution” means a contribution under Part I of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

F10“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“contribution card” has the meaning assigned to it by section 108(6) above;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the M3Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

F11“contributory employment and support allowance” means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);

“the Department of the Environment” means the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland;

“the Department of Finance and Personnel” means the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland; F15but in sections 116 and 116B also includes the Department of the Environment;

“disablement benefit” is to be construed in accordance with section 94(2)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

F16“the disablement questions” is to be construed in accordance with section 43 above;

“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 Great Britain Administration Act” means the M4Social Security Administration Act 1992;

“the Great Britain Contributions and Benefits Act” means the M5Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“the Housing Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

F17“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“income-related benefit” means—

F19"income-related employment and support allowance" means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);

“industrial injuries benefit” means benefit under Part V of the Contributions and Benefits ActF20...;

F21“Inland Revenue” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

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

“medical practitioner” means—

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

F24F25“money purchase contracted-out scheme” is to be construed in accordance with F26section 3B of the Pensions Act;

“National Insurance Fund” means the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund;

“occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in F27section 1 of the Pensions Act;

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

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“the 1986 Order” means the M7Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

F28“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

F29“the Pensions Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

“the Pensions Order” means the M8Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

“personal pension scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by F30section 1 of the Pensions ActF31and “appropriate”, in relation to such a scheme, shall be construed in accordance with F32section 3B(6) of that Act;

“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations F33and “prescribed” must be construed accordingly ;

F34“President” means the President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals;

“regulations” means regulations made by the Department or the Lord Chancellor under this Act;

F35“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;

“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the M9Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 ;

“tax year” means the 12 months beginning with 6th April in any year;

“widow’s benefit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.