# Social Security Fraud Act 2001, Section 13: Interpretation of sections 6A to 12

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this section and sections 6A to 12—
“benefit” includes any allowance, payment, credit or loan;
“ cautioned ”, in relation to any person and any offence, means cautioned after the person concerned has admitted the offence; and “caution” is to be interpreted accordingly;
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“family” has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4);
“income-based jobseeker’s allowance”, “joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” and “joint-claim couple” have the same meanings as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18);
“ income-related allowance ” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);
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“sanctionable benefit” has the meaning given by section 6A(1);
“ state pension credit ” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“war pension” has the same meaning as in section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) (establishment and functions of war pensions committees).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/11/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001/section-13
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