S.L. 318.22 Art. 2Definitions.

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

"the Act" means the Social Security Act; "active employment" means a person who is performing the duties pertaining to the post to which he has been appointed or temporarily assigned within the meaning of Article 36 of the Council Regulation;

"the Director" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Act;

"the Council Regulation" means Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No. 259/68 laying down staff regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union; "the EU scheme" means the pension scheme provided for officials of EU institutions in accordance with Articles 77 to 84 of, and Annex VIII to, the Council Regulation;

"the transferred amount" means the amount in respect of the cash equivalent of the transferor’s transferable rights which has been transferred into the EU scheme; "quotation date" means the date:

(i) by reference to which the cash equivalent value of transferable rights is calculated; and

(ii) which falls within a period of three months beginning with the date on which the transfer application is received by the Director; "leave on personal grounds" means leave granted within the meaning of Article 40 of the Council Regulation; "relevant pension" means any contributory pension under Part V of the Act; "statement of entitlement" means a written statement:

(i) of the amount of the cash equivalent at the quotation date of the transferable rights which have accrued to, or in respect of, the transferor; and

(ii) which contains details of the basis of how that amount has been calculated; "transfer application" has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 4(1); "transferor" means the person who has applied to the Director to transfer his transferable rights into the EU scheme.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), other terms used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them by the Act.

(3) Any references in these regulations to an Article of, or an Annex to, the Council Regulation are to be construed as references to that Article or Annex as amended from time to time.