15ALDefinitions

15AL Definitions

15AL Definitions

(1) In this Part and Schedule C, unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—

accrued pension point means pension points accrued or deemed to have been accrued under section 15BE.

approved service, in relation to a person, means service with an employer by that person, while he was a contributor, or while he was the holder of a current insurance policy, or while contributions to the Provident Fund or the Benefits Fund were being paid in respect of him.

contributor means a person who, under section 15AN, 15AO, 15AP, 15AQ or 15AR, has become a contributor and continues to be a servant who has not attained the age of 65 years.

current insurance policy, in relation to a person, means an insurance policy in force in respect of that person that was effected by that person or accepted by the board under Part 2 and that is kept in force by the payment of the premiums thereon under section 6.

dependent child, in relation to a deceased former contributor, means—

(a) a child of the former contributor, who has not attained the age of 16 years, or

(b) a child of the former contributor, who has attained the age of 16 years but not the age of 25 years and who is, in the opinion of the board, receiving full-time education at a school, college or university and not ordinarily employed or engaged in working for a salary,

and who was, in the opinion of the board, wholly or substantially dependent on the former contributor immediately before his death.

dependent widower, in relation to a person who dies while a contributor or pensioner, means the person’s widower if he satisfies and continues (except during any period he is married) to satisfy the prescribed dependency test.

employer means—

(a) a council as defined in section 3, or

(b) a body or association of persons, corporate or unincorporate, to which a proclamation under section 2 (4) or (5) relates.

final average salary, in relation to a person who ceases to be a servant, means the average of the annual rates of salary actually paid to him on the 31 day of December in each of the 3 years immediately preceding that in which he so ceased to be a servant, but disregarding any such day if on that day he was not a servant.

final salary means, in relation to a person who ceases to be a servant, the annual rate of salary actually payable to him immediately before he ceased to be a servant.

general employer means an employer other than a special employer.