Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “annual payment” means the amount payable to a beneficiary in respect of each year determined in accordance with regulation 17 of, and Schedule 2 to, the FAS Regulations;

• “beneficiary” means a qualifying member or, after his death, his survivor;

• “initial payment” means a payment made to a beneficiary in accordance with regulation 18 of, and Schedule 2 to, the FAS Regulations;

• “qualifying member” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 15 of the FAS Regulations;

• “survivor” means, in relation to a member or former member of a qualifying pension scheme who has died—

  1. (a)

     the member’s widow or widower; or

  2. (b)

     the member’s surviving civil partner,

  but shall not include a person who comes within paragraph (a) or (b) but who is regarded as a qualifying member by virtue of regulation 15(5) of the FAS Regulations;

• “the FAS Regulations” means the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005^f1.