# Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, Section 173: Age.

Extent: E+W+S

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/section/173 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/section-173
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