Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)

Part XIII General

Interpretation

172 Application of Act in relation to territorial waters

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

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

In this Act—

• “the 1975 Act” means the [1975 c. 14.] Social Security Act 1975;

• “the 1986 Act” means the [1986 c. 50.] Social Security Act 1986;

• “the Administration Act” means the [1992 c. 5.] Social Security Administration Act 1992;

• “the Consequential Provisions Act” means the [1992 c. 6.] Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992;

• “the Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act” means the [1992 c. 7.] Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

• “the Old Cases Act” means the [1975 c. 16.] Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975; and

• “the Pensions Act” means the [1975 c. 60.] Social Security Pensions Act 1975.