# The War Pensions Committees Regulations 2000, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
(2) In these Regulations—
“committee” means a war pensions committee or, where the context so requires, the war pensions committee for the relevant area;
“member” means member of a committee or, where the context so requires, a member of the relevant committee; ...
“surviving spouse” means a widow or widower in receipt of a war pension; and
“surviving civil partner” means a surviving civil partner in receipt of a war pension.
(3) Any reference to Schedule 1 or to Schedule 2 is a reference to the Schedule so numbered in these Regulations, and any reference to the area of a committee is a reference to the area for which the committee is established pursuant to regulation 3, 4, 5 or 6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3180/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-committees-regulations-2000/regulation-1
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