S.L. 318.20 Art. 2Definitions.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise:

"the Act" means the Social Security Act; "the Acts" means the Social Security Act, the Malta Armed

Forces Act, the Police Act, the Prisons Act and the Pensions

Ordinance;

"discriminatory treatment" means any distinction, exclusion, restriction or difference in treatment, whether direct or indirect, between men and women which is not justifiable in a democratic society; "occupational social security schemes" means schemes, intended to supplement or replace the benefits provided by the Act, whether membership of such schemes is compulsory or optional, and the purpose of which is to provide employed, self-employed and self-occupied persons in an undertaking or group of undertakings, any area of economic activity, occupational sector or group of sectors;

"principle of equal treatment" means the absence of direct or indirect discriminatory treatment between men and women in particular by reference to marital or family status; "scheme" means occupational social security schemes and pension schemes within the scope of these regulations.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the meaning assigned to them by the Acts.