Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011

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Part 3
Ex gratia and compensation payments made by the Crown

12  Interpretation
  • In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    compensation

    • (a) means a payment made—

      • (i) in satisfaction of a judgment or an order of any court or an award of any tribunal, other than an award of costs; or

      • (ii) in settlement of a claim against the Crown (whether or not that claim has been formally filed in a court or tribunal); and

    • (b) does not include a payment made pursuant to—

      • (i) an employment relationship; or

      • (ii) a contract to provide goods or services

    economic loss means loss that is of a pecuniary nature, for example, lost wages

    harm

    • (a) means illness or injury, or both; and

    • (b) includes—

      • (i) physical harm; and

      • (ii) mental harm; and

      • (iii) humiliation, loss of dignity, and injury to the feelings of the aggrieved person; but

    • (c) does not include—

      • (i) economic loss; or

      • (ii) loss or reduction of property; or

      • (iii) loss of any benefit, whether or not of a monetary kind, that the aggrieved person might reasonably have been expected to obtain; or

      • (iv) loss of employment or office

    property has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Property Law Act 2007.

    Compare: SR 2008/347 r 3