Section 173 Age.C1

England, Wales and Scotland

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.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: S. 173 applied (2.7.2002 for specified purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), ss. 17(3)(b), 22(3); S.I. 2003/1766, art. 2(a)