2. In these Regulations—
“the 2005 Act” means the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005(1);
“the 2007 Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;
“benefit” means a benefit within the meaning given in section 1(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2);
“Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs appointed under section 1 of the 2005 Act;
“revenue payment” means a payment of child benefit, child tax credit, national insurance contributions, or a working tax credit made or received in connection with the Commissioners’ functions as set out in sections 5 to 7 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2005 Act;
“unique individual identifier” means the number which—
is assigned to an individual by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners; and
does not, without additional information, identify the individual.
1992 c.5; section 1(4) was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), section 41(4), Schedule 2 paragraph 38; it was further amended by the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16) section 11, Schedule 1 Part 1 paragraphs 1 and 2; and was further amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5) section 28(1), Schedule 3 paragraph 10(1) and (2).