(1) Subject to this section, in this section and sections 263 to 270 -
"personal public service number" means a number allocated and issued in accordance with subsection (2);
"primary account number", in relation to a public services card or a card issued under section 264, means a number consisting of - (a) an issuer number, issued under licence from the International Standards Organisation, (b) a personal public service number, and (c) a card number allocated, in the case of a public services card, by the Minister or, in any other case, by the person who issued the card;
"public service identity", in relation to a person, means the information specified in subsection (3) and the person's personal public service number;
"specified body" shall be read in accordance with Schedule 5;
"spouse" means each person of a married couple;
"transaction" means - (a) an application, (b) a claim, (c) a communication, (d) a payment, or (e) a supply of a service, relatin
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