Cap. 553 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: ''Commissioner'' means the Commissioner for Older Persons appointed under article 3 and includes any officer assigned to assist the Commissioner and authorised by him in that behalf;

''Committee'' means the Social Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives or any other committee substituting the same;

''complainant'' means any person who reports, in writing or verbally, an alleged breach or potential infringement of the human rights of any older person, provided that a verbal complaint should always be subsequently put in writing; "older person" means a person aged over sixty years; ''Minister'' means the Minister responsible for Older Persons;

''Human Rights of Older Persons'' refers to the international principles for older persons enunciated in the United Nations Principles for Older Persons adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16 December 1991 (resolution 46/91).