Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “appointed day” means 1st April, 2003; “Board” means the Belize Social Security Board; “Committee” means the Committee established under Regulation 4 to determine claims for non–contributory “Fund” means the Social Security Fund; “non-contributory pension” or “pension” means the monthly payment made to those registered male persons and registered female persons who qualify for such pension under these Regulations; “registered female person” means a female person sixty-five years or older on or after the appointed day with a valid Social Security Card; 200 Social Security “registered male person” means a male person sixty-seven years or older on or after the 1st December 2007 with a valid Social Security Card. (2) All other words and expressions defined in the Act shall have the same meanings in these Regulations.