Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pts. 1, 6 modified (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1004, regs. 1(1), 113, 114(2) (with reg. 138)

Part XIIIU.K. General

InterpretationE+W+S

172 Application of Act in relation to territorial waters.E+W+S

In this Act—

(a)any reference to Great Britain includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain;

(b)any reference to the United Kingdom includes a reference to the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.

173 Age.E+W+S

For the purposes of this Act a person—

(a)is over or under a particular age if he has or, as the case may be, has not attained that age; and

(b)is between two particular ages if he has attained the first but not the second;

and in Scotland (as in England and Wales) the time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years is the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.

174 References to Acts.E+W+S

In this Act—

  • the 1975 Act” means the M1Social Security Act 1975;

  • the 1986 Act” means the M2Social Security Act 1986;

  • the Administration Act” means the M3Social Security Administration Act 1992;

  • the Consequential Provisions Act” means the M4Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992;

  • the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits ActM5means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

  • the Old Cases Act” means the M6Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975; and

  • the Pensions Act” means the [F1Pension Schemes Act 1993].

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 174 substituted (7.2.1994) by Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), s. 193(2), Sch. 8 para. 41 (with s. 189, Schs. 6, 9); S.I. 1994/86

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