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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “area” in respect of each Committee means the counties, boroughs or other area specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite the name of the Committee;

  • “Chief Welfare Officer” means an officer of the Secretary of State who manages the War Pensioners Welfare Service;

  • “Committee” means a War Pensions Committee established in accordance with regulation 2 and where the context requires means the appropriate War Pensions Committee;

  • “sub-committee” means a sub-committee of a Committee;

  • “war disablement pensioner” means a person in receipt of a war pension in respect of his disablement;

  • “war widow” means a widow who receives a war pension in respect of the death of her husband.

(3)

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule bearing that number.