Section 150 Interpretation of Part X.

In this Part of this Act “qualifying benefit” means—

In this Part of this Act—

• F12“adult disability payment” means disability assistance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022,

• F13“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/517);

• “attendance allowance” means—

  1. (a)

     an attendance allowance;

  2. (b)

     a disability living allowance;

  3. (c)

     an increase of disablement pension under section 104 or 105 above;

  4. (d)

     a payment under regulations made in exercise of the powers in section 159(3)(b) of the 1975 Act or paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8 to this Act;

  5. (e)

     an increase of allowance under Article 8 of the M1Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 (constant attendance allowance for certain persons to whom that Scheme applies) or under the corresponding provision of any Scheme which may replace that Scheme;

  6. (f)

     an allowance in respect of constant attendance on account of disablement for which a person is in receipt of war disablement pension, including an allowance in respect of exceptionally severe disablement;

  7. (g)

     F14a child disability payment given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9);

  8. (h)

     F15pension age disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024;

  9. (i)

     F16Scottish adult disability living allowance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;

• F17“carer support payment” means F18the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;

• F19“mobility supplement” means a supplement awarded in respect of disablement which affects a person’s ability to walk and for which the person is in receipt of war disablement pension;

• F20“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995;

• F21“the qualifying age for state pension credit” is (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002)—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a woman, pensionable age; or

  2. (b)

     in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;

• F22“qualifying employment and support allowance” means F23a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 the calculation of the amount of which includes an addition in respect of the support component or the work-related activity component;

• F24“retirement pension” means—

  1. (a)

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

  2. (b)

     a retirement pension under this Act, or

  3. (c)

     graduated retirement benefit;

• “state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;

• “unemployability supplement or allowance” means—

  1. (a)

     an unemployability supplement payable under Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act; or

  2. (b)

     any corresponding allowance payable—

  3. (i)

     by virtue of paragraph 6(4)(a) of Schedule 8 to this Act;

  4. (ii)

     by way of supplement to retired pay or pension exempt from income tax under F25section 641 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;

  5. (iii)

     under the M2Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939; F26...

  6. (iv)

     by way of supplement to retired pay or pension under the M3Polish Resettlement Act 1947; F27or

  7. (v)

     F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “war disablement pension” means—

  1. (a)

     any retired pay, pension or allowance granted in respect of disablement under powers conferred by or under the M4Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917, the M5Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939, the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939, the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, or Part VII or section 151 of the M6Reserve Forces Act 1980;

  2. (b)

     without prejudice to paragraph (a) of this definition, any retired pay or pension to which F29any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 641(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 applies;

• “war widow’s pension” means any widow’s F30or surviving civil partner's pension or allowance granted in respect of a death due to service or war injury and payable by virtue of any enactment mentioned in paragraph (a) of the preceding definition or a pension or allowance for a widow F31or surviving civil partner granted under any scheme mentioned in F32section 641(1)(e) or (f) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;

and each of the following expressions, namely “attendance allowance”, “unemployability supplement or allowance”, “war disablement pension” and “war widow’s pension”, includes any payment which the Secretary of State accepts as being analogous to it.

In this Part of this Act, “couple” has the meaning given by section 137(1) above.

In this Part of this Act “the relevant week”, in relation to any year, means the week beginning with the first Monday in December or such other week as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.