Part 13Supplementary provisions
Interpretation
C1C2721Other definitions
1
In this Act—
“cash voucher” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 3 (see section 75),
F1“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means SSCBA 1992 or SSCB(NI)A 1992;
“credit-token” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 3 (see section 92),
F6“foreign employer” means an individual, partnership or body of persons resident outside, and not resident in, the United Kingdom,
“non-cash voucher” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 3 (see section 84),
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3
Any reference in this Act to being domiciled in the United Kingdom is to be read as a reference to being domiciled in any part of the United Kingdom.
4
For the purposes of this Act the following are members of a person’s family—
a
the person’s spouse F2or civil partner,
b
the person’s children and their spouses F3or civil partners,
c
the person’s parents, and
d
the person’s dependants.
5
For the purposes of this Act the following are members of a person’s family or household—
a
members of the person’s family,
b
the person’s domestic staff, and
c
the person’s guests.
6
The following provisions (which relate to the legal equality of illegitimate children) are to be disregarded in interpreting references in this Act to a child or children—
a
section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42);
b
the paragraph inserted in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) by paragraph 73 of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Act;
c
section 1(2) of the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9);
d
Article 155 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)).
7
In the employment income Parts any reference to earnings which is not limited by the context—
a
to earnings within Chapter 1 of Part 3, or
b
to any other particular description of earnings,
includes a reference to any amount treated as earnings by any of the provisions mentioned in section 7(5) (meaning of “employment income” etc.).