Part 13Supplementary provisions

Interpretation

C2C1721Other definitions

1

In this Act—

  • cash voucher” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 3 (see section 75),

  • F1the 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),

  • F2foreign 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 F4or civil partner,

b

the person’s children and their spouses F5or 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.).