PART 1GENERAL
Interpretation2.
(1)
In these Regulations—
“Abbeyfield Home” means an establishment run by the Abbeyfield Society including any body corporate or incorporate which is affiliated to that Society;
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007F1;
F2“the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
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“adoption leave” means a period of absence from work on ordinary or additional adoption leave under section 75A or 75B of the Employment Rights Act 1996F4;
F5“adult disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;
“aircraft worker” means a person who is, or has been, employed under a contract of service either as a pilot, commander, navigator or other member of the crew of any aircraft, or in any other capacity on board any aircraft where—
(a)
the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of the aircraft or its crew or of any passengers or cargo or mail carried on that aircraft; and
(b)
the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the aircraft is in flight,
but does not include a person who is in employment as a member of Her Majesty's forces;
F6“approved blood scheme” means a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State, or trust established with funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of a person having been infected from contaminated blood products;
“Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme” means the scheme established under section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004F7;
F8“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;
“attendance allowance” means—
(a)
an attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b)
an increase of disablement pension under section 104 or 105 of that Act;
(c)
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(d)
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(e)
a payment by virtue of article 14, 15, 16, 43 or 44 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 F10 or any analogous payment;
(f)
any payment based on the need for attendance which is paid as an addition to a war disablement pension;
F11“basic rate” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Act 2007 (see section 989 of that Act);
“benefit Acts” means the Contributions and Benefits Act, Jobseekers ActF12, Part 1 of the Act and the Pensions Act 2014;
“benefit week” means a period of 7 days ending on such day as the Secretary of State may direct but for the purposes of calculating any payment of income “benefit week” means the period of 7 days ending on the day before the first day of the first benefit week following the date of claim or the last day on which an employment and support allowance is paid if it is in payment for less than a week;
“board and lodging” means—
(a)
accommodation provided to a person or, if the person is a member of a family, to that person or any other member of that person's family, for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which both are cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of that person's family) and are consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or
(b)
accommodation provided to a person in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,
except accommodation provided by a close relative of the person or any other member of the person's family, or other than on a commercial basis;
“care home” in England F13... has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000F14, F15in Wales means a care home service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 which is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over and in Scotland means a care home service within the meaning assigned to it by F16paragraph 2 of schedule 12 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;
“carer's allowance” means an allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
F17“carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;
F18“the Caxton Foundation” means the charitable trust of that name established on 28th March 2011 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;
“child” means a person under the age of 16;
F19“child abuse payment” means a payment from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of historic institutional child abuse in the United Kingdom;
F20“child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the DACYP Regulations;
“child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act;
“close relative” means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple;
“college of further education” means a college of further education within the meaning of Part 1 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992F21;
“concessionary payment” means a payment made under arrangements made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury which is charged F22... to a Departmental Expenditure Vote to which payments of benefit or tax credits under the benefit Acts or the Tax Credits Act are charged;
“confinement” has the meaning given to it by section 171(1) of the Contributions and Benefits ActF23;
F24“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers Act as that Act has effect apart from those provisions;
“co-ownership scheme” means a scheme under which a dwelling is let by a housing association and the tenant, or the tenant's personal representative, will, under the terms of the tenancy agreement or of the agreement under which the tenant became a member of the association, be entitled, on that tenant ceasing to be a member and subject to any condition stated in either agreement, to a sum calculated by reference directly or indirectly to the value of the dwelling and “co-ownership agreement” will be construed accordingly;
“councillor” means—
(a)
in relation to England and Wales, a member of a London borough council, a county council, F25a county borough council, a district council, a parish or community council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and
(b)
in relation to Scotland, a member of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 F26;
“councillor's allowance” means—
(a)
in England F27..., an allowance under or by virtue of—
- (i)
section 173 or 177 of the Local Government Act 1972F28; or
- (ii)
a scheme made by virtue of section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989F29,
other than such an allowance as is mentioned in section 173(4) of the Local Government Act 1972; or
(b)
(c)
F32in Wales, an allowance under or by virtue of a scheme made by virtue of section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 other than such an allowance as is mentioned in section 173(4) of the Local Government Act 1972;
(a)
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
(b)
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together F35as if they were a married couple or civil partners;
“Crown tenant” means a person who occupies a dwelling under a tenancy or licence where the interest of the landlord belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to a government department or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, except (in the case of an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown) where the interest is under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners;
F36“the DACYP Regulations” means the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;
F2“daily living component” means the daily living component of personal independence payment under section 78 of the 2012 Act;
“dependent child” means any child or qualifying young person who is treated as the responsibility of the claimant or the claimant's partner, where that child or young person is a member of the claimant's household;
“descriptor” means, in relation to an activity specified in column (1) of Schedule 2, a descriptor in column (2) of that Schedule which describes a person's ability to perform that activity;
“disability living allowance” means a disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
“doctor” means a registered medical practitioner, or in the case of a medical practitioner practising outside the United Kingdom of whom the Secretary of State may request a medical opinion, a person registered or recognised as such in the country in which the person undertakes medical practice;
“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;
“dwelling occupied as the home” means the dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally occupied by the claimant as the claimant's home including any premises not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated;
“Eileen Trust” means the charitable trust of that name established on 29th March 1993 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;
“employed earner” is to be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
“employment” includes any trade, business, profession, office or vocation and “employed” has a corresponding meaning;
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“employment zone” means an area within Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 F38 and an “employment zone programme” means a programme established for such an area or areas designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker's allowance to obtain sustainable employment;
“failure determination” has the meaning given by regulation 63(1);
“family” means—
(a)
a couple;
(b)
a 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 young person;
(c)
a person who is not a member of a couple and a member of the same household for whom that person is responsible and who is a child or a young person;
“first contribution condition” means the condition set out in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
F41“First-tier Tribunal” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;
F42“first year of training” means a period of one year beginning with a person’s first day of training.
“full-time student” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 131 (students: interpretation);
“the Fund” means monies made available from time to time by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with the provisions of a scheme established by the Secretary of State on 24th April 1992 or, in Scotland, on 10th April 1992;
F43“Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made for the purpose of providing compensation or support in respect of the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower;
“guaranteed income payment” means a payment made under article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005F44;
F45“hardship payment” means an income-related employment and support allowance payable at a reduced rate in accordance with the provisions of regulation 64D;
“health care professional” means—
(a)
a registered medical practitioner;
(b)
a registered nurse; or
(c)
an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999F46;
“Health Service Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006F47;
“Health Service (Wales) Act” means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006F48;
F49“the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;”;
“housing association” has the meaning given to it by section 1(1) of the Housing Associations Act 1985F50;
“housing benefit expenditure” means expenditure in respect of which housing benefit is payable as specified in regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 F51 but does not include any such expenditure in respect of which an additional amount is applicable under regulation 67(1)(c) or 68(1)(d)(housing costs);
“Immigration and Asylum Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999F52;
“” means the benefits listed in section 123(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
“Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987F53;
F54“independent hospital”—
(a)
in England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section;
(b)
in Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; and
(c)
F55in Scotland, means an independent health care service as defined in section 10F(1)(a) and (b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
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“the Independent Living Fund (2006)” means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 10th April 2006 and made between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the one part and Margaret Rosemary Cooper, Michael Beresford Boyall and Marie Theresa Martin of the other part;
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“Jobseekers Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996F57;
“last day of the course” means the last day of the final academic term of the course in which the student is enrolled;
“limited capability for work assessment” means the assessment of whether a person has limited capability for work as set out in regulation 19(2) and in Schedule 2;
F58“local welfare provision” means occasional financial or other assistance given by a local authority, the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers, or a person authorised to exercise any function of, or provide a service to, them, to or in respect of individuals for the purpose of—
(a)
meeting, or helping to meet, an immediate short term need—
- (i)
arising out of an exceptional event, or exceptional circumstances; and
- (ii)
that requires to be met in order to avoid a risk to the well-being of an individual; or
(b)
enabling individuals to establish or maintain a settled home, where those individuals have been or, without the assistance, might otherwise be—
- (i)
in prison, hospital, a residential care establishment or other institution; or
- (ii)
homeless or otherwise living an unsettled way of life;
“London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund” means the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072) and registered charity of that name established on 11th July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7th July 2005;
F59“the London Emergencies Trust” means the company of that name (number 09928465) incorporated on 23rd December 2015 and the registered charity of that name (number 1172307) established on 28th March 2017;
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“long tenancy” means a tenancy granted for a term of years certain exceeding twenty one years, whether or not the tenancy is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the tenant or by re-entry, forfeiture (or, in Scotland, irritancy) or otherwise and includes a lease for a term fixed by law under a grant with a covenant or obligation for perpetual renewal unless it is a lease by sub-demise from one which is not a long tenancy;
F61“MFET Limited” means the company limited by guarantee (number 7121661) of that name, established for the purpose in particular of making payments in accordance with arrangements made with the Secretary of State to persons who have acquired HIV as a result of treatment by the NHS with blood or blood products;
“Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust” means the trust of that name, established on 29th January 1990 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;
“Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust” means the trust of that name, established on 3rd May 1991 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia and other beneficiaries;
“Macfarlane Trust” means the charitable trust, established partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society, for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;
“main phase employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance where the calculation of the amount payable in respect of the claimant includes a component under section 2(1)(b) or 4(2)(b) of the Act F62or where the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group;
F63“the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme” means a scheme within section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995, known by that name and provided pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State that is designed to provide work or work-related activity for up to 30 hours per week over a period of four consecutive weeks with a view to assisting claimants to improve their prospects of obtaining employment;
“mariner” means a person who is or has been in employment under a contract of service either as a master or member of the crew of any ship or vessel, or in any other capacity on board any ship or vessel where—
(a)
the employment in that other capacity is for the purposes of that ship or vessel or her crew or any passengers or cargo or mails carried by the ship or vessel; and
(b)
the contract is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the ship or vessel is on her voyage;
but does not include a person who is in employment as a member of Her Majesty's forces;
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“medical evidence”F65, except in regulation 32A, means—
(a)
evidence from a health care professional approved by the Secretary of State; and
(b)
evidence (if any) from any health care professional or a hospital or similar institution,
or such part of such evidence as constitutes the most reliable evidence available in the circumstances;
“Medical Evidence Regulations” means the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976F66;
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“medical treatment” means medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment (including any course or diet or other regimen), and references to a person receiving or submitting to medical treatment are to be construed accordingly;
“member of Her Majesty's forces” means a person, other than one mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1 who is—
(a)
over 16 years of age; and
(b)
a member of an establishment or organisation specified in Part 1 of that Schedule who gives full pay service,
but does not include any such person while absent on desertion;
F68“member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of these Regulations other than by virtue of regulation 30 of these Regulations;
F71“the National Emergencies Trust” means the registered charity of that name (number 1182809) established on 28th March 2019;
F72“National Minimum Wage” means the rate of the national minimum wage specified in regulation 11 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (rate of the national minimum wage);
“net earnings” means such earnings as are calculated in accordance with regulation 96;
“net profit” means such profit as is calculated in accordance with regulation 98;
“New Deal options” means the employment programmes specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations and the training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of those Regulations;
F73“new style ESA” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“non-dependant” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 71;
“non-dependant deduction” means a deduction that is to be made under regulation 67(1)(c) (prescribed amounts) and paragraph 19 of Schedule 6 (housing costs);
“occupational pension” means any pension or other periodical payment under an occupational pension scheme but does not include any discretionary payment out of a fund established for relieving hardship in particular cases;
“occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993F74;
“ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities;
F75“parental bereavement leave” means leave under section 80EA of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“partner” means where a claimant—
(a)
is a member of a couple, the other member of that couple;
(b)
is a husband or wife by virtue of a polygamous marriage, the other party to the marriage or any spouse additional to either party to the marriage;
“passenger” means any person carried on a ship except—
(a)
a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship; or
(b)
a person on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons, or by reason of any circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled;
“payment” includes a part of a payment;
“pay period” means the period in respect of which a claimant is, or expects to be, normally paid by the claimant's employer, being a week, a fortnight, four weeks, a month or other shorter or longer period as the case may be;
F79“pension age disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024;
“pension fund holder” means in relation to a personal pension scheme or an occupational pension scheme, the trustees, managers or scheme administrators, as the case may be, of the scheme concerned;
“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995F80;
“period of limited capability for work” means F81except in paragraph (5), a period throughout which a person has, or is treated as having, limited capability for work, and does not include a period which is outside the prescribed time for claiming as specified in regulation 19 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987;
“period of study” means the period beginning with the date on which a person starts attending or undertaking a course of study and ending with the last day of the course or such earlier date (if any) as that person finally abandons it or is dismissed from it;
F2“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 4 of the 2012 Act;
“personal pension scheme” means—
(a)
a personal pension scheme as defined by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993F82;
(b)
an annuity contract or trust scheme approved under section 620 or 621 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 F83 or a substituted contract within the meaning of section 622(3) of that Act which is treated as having become a registered pension scheme by virtue of paragraph 1(1)(f) of Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2004 F84;
(c)
a personal pension scheme approved under Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 which is treated as having become a registered pension scheme by virtue of paragraph 1(1)(g) of Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2004;
“policy of life insurance” means any instrument by which the payment of money is assured on death (except death by accident only) or the happening of any contingency dependent on human life, or any instrument evidencing a contract which is subject to payment of premiums for a term dependent on human life;
“polygamous marriage” means any marriage entered into under a law which permits polygamy where—
(a)
either party has for the time being any spouse additional to the other party; and
(b)
the claimant, the other party to the marriage and the additional spouse are members of the same household;
F49“the Post Office” means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);”;
F49“Post Office compensation payment” means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—
(a)
in connection with the failings of the Horizon system; or
(b)
otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd ((No. 3) “Common Issues”);”;
F85“public authority” includes any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature;
F85“the qualifying age for state pension credit” means—
(a)
in the case of a woman, pensionable age, and
(b)
in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;
“qualifying person” means a person in respect of whom F86a Grenfell Tower payment F87, a child abuse payment F88, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment has been made or payment has been made from the Fund, the Eileen Trust F89, MFET Limited, the Skipton Fund F90, the Caxton Foundation F91, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme F92, an approved blood scheme F93, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund F94, the National Emergencies Trust F95, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund;
“qualifying remunerative work” has the meaning given by Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act;
“qualifying young person” has the meaning given by section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person);
“relative” means close relative, grand-parent, grand-child, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece;
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Discipline Act 1957F100, the Matrimonial Proceedings Children Act 1958F101, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968F102, the Family Law Reform Act 1969F103, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969F104, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973F105, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978F106, F107the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, the Family Law Act 1986F108, the Children Act 1989 F109 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002F110;
“remunerative work” has the meaning prescribed in regulations 41 and 42 except in relation to Schedules 6 and 7;
F111“Scottish basic rate” means the rate of income tax of that name calculated in accordance with section 6A of the Income Tax Act 2007;
F112“Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme” means the scheme of that name administered by the Common Services Agency (constituted by section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978);
F111“Scottish taxpayer” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998;
“second contribution condition” means the condition set out in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“self-employed earner” is to be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
“self-employment route” means assistance in pursuing self-employed earner's employment whilst participating in—
(a)
an employment zone programme; or
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F116“shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“single claimant” means a claimant who neither has a partner nor is a lone parent F117or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person;
“Skipton Fund” means the ex-gratia payment scheme administered by the Skipton Fund Limited, incorporated on 25th March 2004, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with the scheme's provisions;
“sports award” means an award made by one of the Sports Councils named in section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 F118 out of sums allocated to it for distribution under that section;
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F119“state pension credit” means a state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“subsistence allowance” means an allowance which an employment zone contractor has agreed to pay to a person who is participating in an employment zone programme;
“the Tax Credits Act” means the Tax Credits Act 2002F120;
“terminally ill”, in relation to a claimant, means the claimant is suffering from a progressive disease and death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within F12112 months;
F122“traineeship” means a course which—
(a)
is funded (in whole or in part) by, or under arrangements made by, the—
- (i)
Secretary of State under section 14 of the Education Act 2002, or
- (ii)
Chief Executive of Education and Skills Funding;
(b)
lasts for no more than 6 months;
(c)
includes training to help prepare the participant for work and a work experience placement, and
(d)
is open to persons who on the first day of the course have reached the age of 16 but not the age of 25;
“training” means—
(a)
training in pursuance of arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2(3) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990; or
(b)
any training received on a course which a person attends for 16 hours or more a week, the primary purpose of which is the teaching of occupational or vocational skills;
“training allowance” means an allowance (whether by way of periodical grants or otherwise) payable—
(a)
(b)
to a person for that person's maintenance or in respect of a member of that person's family; and
(c)
for the period, or part of the period, during which the person is following a course of training or instruction provided by, or in pursuance of arrangements made with, that department or approved by that department in relation to that person or so provided or approved by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, F123Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise, or the Welsh Ministers,
but does not include an allowance paid by any Government department to or in respect of a person by reason of the fact that that person is following a course of full-time education, other than under arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, or is training as a teacher;
F126“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the 2012 Act;
F49“vaccine damage payment” means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;
F127“the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name established by the Ministry of Justice in 2012 under section 47 of the Crime and Security Act 2010;
“voluntary organisation” means a body, other than a public or local authority, the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit;
“war widow's pension” F130means any pension or allowance payable to a woman as a widow under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in respect of the death or disablement of any person;
“war widower's pension” F130means any pension or allowance payable to a man as a widower or to a surviving civil partner under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in respect of the death or disablement of any person;
“water charges” means—
(a)
as respects England and Wales, any water and sewerage charges under Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Water Industry Act 1991F131;
(b)
as respects Scotland, any water and sewerage charges under Part 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994F132,
in so far as such charges are in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as the home;
F133“the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” means the registered charity of that name (number 1173260) established on 30th May 2017;
“week” means a period of 7 days except in relation to regulation 26;
F19“Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;
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“working day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 F135 in England, Wales or Scotland;
“working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act;
“young person” is a person who, except where section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 F136 (exclusion from benefits) applies, falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person).
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“child support maintenance” means such periodical payments as are referred to in section 3(6) of the Child Support Act 1991 F138 and includes any payments made by the Secretary of State in lieu of such payments;
“the 1991 Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;
“the 2000 Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 F139;
“maintenance assessment” has the same meaning as in the 1991 Act by virtue of section 54 of that Act as it has effect apart from the 2000 Act;
“maintenance calculation” has the same meaning as in the 1991 Act by virtue of section 54 of that Act as amended by the 2000 Act.
(3)
Any reference to the claimant's family is to be construed as if it included in relation to a polygamous marriage a reference to any partner and any child or young person who is a member of the claimant's household.
(4)
For the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “week” means a period of 7 days.
F140(5)
For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act (condition relating to youth) “period of limited capability for work” means a period throughout which a person has, or is treated as having, limited capability for work.
F141(6)
Subject to paragraph (7), for the purposes of section 24(3A)(b) of the Act, a lone parent is to be treated as responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a person under the age of 16 only where the circumstances set out in regulation 156 apply.
(7)
For the purposes of sections 12 and 13 of the Act, and regulations made under those sections, a lone parent is to be treated as responsible for, and a member of the same household as a child only where the lone parent would be treated as responsible for and a member of the same household as such a child under regulations 15 and 16 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, if references in those Regulations to income support were to employment and support allowance.
F142(8)
References in these Regulations to a person or claimant participating as a service user are to—
(a)
a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)
a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or
(ii)
a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,
in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or
F143(ab)
a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)
the Secretary of State in relation to any of the Secretary of State’s functions in the field of social security or child support or under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973; or
(ii)
a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such functions,
in their capacity as a person affected or potentially affected by the exercise of those functions or the carer of such a person;
(b)
the carer of a person consulted under F144sub-paragraphs (a) or (ab).