Paragraph 22 General interpretationF1

In this Schedule—

• “benefit” means—

  1. (a)

     any relevant social security benefit as defined in section 121DA(7), other than a state pension, and

  2. (b)

     any payment mentioned in subsection (2)(d) of section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, under arrangements made under that section;

• “daily rate penalty” means a penalty imposed under paragraph 8(1);

• “eligibility indicators” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3)(b)(ii) (and see paragraph 3 for conditions that eligibility indicators must meet);

• “eligibility verification notice” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1);

• “fixed penalty” means a penalty imposed under paragraph 7(1);

• “incorrect payment” , in relation to a benefit, has the meaning given in paragraph 1(9);

• “notice” means notice in writing (and “notify” is to be read accordingly);

• “periodic eligibility verification notice” has the meaning given in paragraph 4(4);

• “personal data” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) of that Act);

• “processing”, in relation to information, has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(4) of that Act);

• “special category data” means the types of personal data the processing of which is prohibited (to any extent) from time to time under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

• “specified” means specified or described in an eligibility verification notice, unless the context requires otherwise;

• “state pension” means—

  1. (a)

     a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;

  2. (b)

     a retirement pension, including a Graduated Retirement Benefit, under Part 2 or 3 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

  3. (c)

     a shared additional pension under Part 2 of that Act;

• “transaction information”, in relation to an account, means information which—

  1. (a)

     may enable the identification of the subject matter or the amount of a transaction completed through the account, or

  2. (b)

     may enable the identification of a party to such a transaction who is not a holder of the account,

  but does not include information which relates to the payment of a relevant benefit into the account;

• “the Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal.