In this Chapter -

"Act of 2005" means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005;

"Minister" means the Minister for Social Protection;

"net scheme payments" means the amount payable under a scheme to a liable person by the Minister - (a) after any deduction is made in accordance with section 341(7) of the Act of 2005, and (b) after any amounts required to be deducted by an order of a court other than any amounts specified in columns (3) to (8) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 2005 or columns (3) to (8) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act;

"scheme" means the provisions of the Act of 2005 providing for such benefits described in section 39 of the Act of 2005 or such assistance described in section 139 of that Act, (as the case may be), as are specified for the purposes of this definition by the Revenue Commissioners with the consent of the Minister.