Interpretation
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Childcare Payments Act 2014, and a reference without more to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Act bearing that number;
“another EEA state” means any EEA state apart from the United Kingdom;
“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011();
“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under sections 71 to 76 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992() or sections 71 to 76 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992();
“employed”, except in the expression “self-employed”, means engaged under a contract of service or in an office (including an elected office) or so engaged as a United Kingdom resident working overseas;
“minimum weekly income” means the amount a person would be paid for 8 hours of work a week at the hourly rate set out in regulation 11 or 13 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999();
“paid work” means work done for payment or in expectation of payment and does not include being engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation, or as a volunteer, in circumstances in which the payment received by or due to be paid to the person is in respect of expenses;
“partner” has the meaning given in regulation 3;
“personal independence payment” means a personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012();
“prisoner” means—
(a)
a person who is detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court; or
(b)
a person who is on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952(), the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989() or the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953(),
other than a person who is detained in hospital under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983(), in Scotland under the provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003() or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995() or, in Northern Ireland, under articles 12 to 17 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986();
“self-employed” means engaged in carrying on a trade, profession or vocation on a commercial basis and with a view to profit, either on one’s own account or as a member of a business partnership;
“week” means a period of seven days starting with midnight between Saturday and Sunday.