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PART 8U.K.SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

[F1CHAPTER 5U.K.EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Interpretation of Chapter 5U.K.

184A.  In this Chapter—

“award” means an award of employment and support allowance;

“claim” means a claim for employment and support allowance;

“claimant” means a person who has made a claim;

“Department” means the Department for Work and Pensions or, in Northern Ireland, the Department for Social Development”;

“employment and support allowance” means benefit payable under—

(a)

the Welfare Reform Act 2007, or

(b)

in Northern Ireland, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;

“taxable employment and support allowance” means any amount of employment and support allowance which is chargeable to income tax under Chapter 2 of Part 10 of ITEPA (tax on social security income).]