# Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001, Section 12: Interpretation of sections 5A to 11

Extent: N.I.

In this section and sections 5A to 11—
“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;
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“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;
“income-related allowance” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);
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“sanctionable benefit” has the meaning given by section 5A;
“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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/17/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-12
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