# The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009, 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 or 17C of, and Schedule 2 to, the FAS Regulations;
“beneficiary” means a qualifying member or, after a qualifying member’s death, the survivor and surviving dependants of that qualifying member;
“ill health payment” means a payment made to a beneficiary determined in accordance with regulation 17A of, and Schedule 2A to, the FAS Regulations;
“initial payment” means a payment made to a beneficiary in accordance with regulation 18 of, and Schedule 2 to, the FAS Regulations;
“interim ill health payment” means a payment made to a beneficiary in accordance with regulation 17B of, and Schedule 2A to, the FAS Regulations;
“surviving dependant” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 16B of the FAS Regulations;
“survivor” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 16A of the FAS Regulations;
“the FAS Regulations” means the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005;
“the FAS Appeals Regulations” means the Financial Assistance Scheme (Appeals) Regulations 2005;
“the FAS Information and Payments Regulations” means the Financial Assistance Scheme (Provision of Information and Administration of Payments) Regulations 2005; and
“the FAS Internal Review Regulations” means the Financial Assistance Scheme (Internal Review) Regulations 2005.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480595/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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