Section 5 InterpretationI1

In this Act—

• “conviction” includes any finding in criminal proceedings that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged (including a finding linked with mental disorder or in respect of which an admonition or absolute discharge is made), and “convicted” is to be construed accordingly,

• “household” means a group of people living together as a family or other unit (whether or not related) in a private dwelling, who—

  1. (a)

     have the dwelling as their only or main residence, and

  2. (b)

     share living accommodation and cooking facilities,

• “miner” means an individual who at any time during the period beginning with 12 March 1984 and ending with 3 March 1985 was employed in any part of Great Britain—

  1. (a)

     by the National Coal Board established under section 1 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, or

  2. (b)

     by a person holding a licence granted under section 36(2)(a) of that Act,

• “miners’ strike” means the national concerted stoppage of work by miners led by the National Union of Mineworkers,

• “sibling of a miner” means an individual who has at least one parent in common with a miner.