Section 12 Interpretation of sections 5A to 11F8

In this section and F1sections 5A to 11—

• “benefit” includes any allowance, payment, credit or loan;

• F2“cautioned”, in relation to any person and any offence, means cautioned after the person concerned has admitted the offence;

• F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “family” has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

• “income-based jobseeker's allowance”, “joint-claim jobseeker's allowance” and “joint-claim couple” have the same meanings as in the Jobseekers Order;

• F4“income-related allowance” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);

• F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “sanctionable benefit” has the meaning given by F6section 5A;

• F7“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 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).