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2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“appropriate office” means an office of the Department of Health and Social Security;
“capital limit” means the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 22(6) of the Social Security Act 1986(1) as it applies to income support;
“claimant” means a person who makes a claim for remission, payment or repayment in accordance with regulation 7 or 8;
“date of claim” means the date on which a claim is received in an appropriate office;
“family” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(11) of the Social Security Act 1986 as it applies to income support(2) except in regulation 4(d) where it has the meaning assigned to it by section 20(11) of that Act as it applies to family credit(3);
“family credit” means family credit under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986;
“income support” means income support under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986 and includes personal expenses addition, special transition addition and transitional addition as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987(4);
“relevant charges” and “relevant travelling expenses” have the meanings prescribed by regulation 3(1);
“trade dispute” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1975(5);
“week” means a period of 7 days beginning with midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
(2) In these Regulations any reference to an instrument made under the Social Security Act 1986 is to be construed as a reference to that instrument as it has effect on the making of these Regulations and as amended subsequently.
(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation in, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number and a reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that regulation or Schedule bearing that number.
1986 c. 50; regulation 45 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) has prescribed the amount of £6,000 as the capital limit.
See S.I. 1987/1967, regulations 14 to 16.
See S.I. 1987/1973, regulations 6 to 9.
S.I. 1987/1969.
1975 c. 14;see section 19(2)(b).
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