# The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008, 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—
(a) the member’s widow or widower; or
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110814063/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-2
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