1. These Regulations may be cited as the Adjustment Assistance Regulations (Textile and Clothing Workers).

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1971; (Loi)

“average weekly insurable earnings”

“average weekly insurable earnings”, with respect to an employee who is eligible to receive pre-retirement benefit, means the average of his weekly insurable earnings, as determined pursuant to the Act, from employment by a Canadian producer for the 20 weeks of employment nearest to the effective date of his lay-off; (gains hebdomadaires assurables moyens)

“Board”

“Board” means the Textile and Clothing Board established by the Textile and Clothing Board Act; (Commission du textile et du vêtement)

“board of referees”

“board of referees” means a board of referees established by the Act; (conseil arbitral)

“Canadian producer”

“Canadian producer” means a person who produces in Canada any textile and clothing goods; (producteur canadien)

“certificate”

“certificate” means a certificate issued by the Board pursuant to section 21 of the Textile and Clothing Board Act and section 3 of these Regulations; (certificat)

“Commission”

“Commission” means the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission; (Commission)

“effective date of lay-off”

“effective date of lay-off” means the date of lay-off of an employee that occurs within a lay-off period; (date d’effet de la mise à pied)

“employee”

“employee” means a person who is included in a lay-off; (employé)

“employer”

“employer” means an employer named in a certificate; (employeur)

“lay-off”

“lay-off” means a lay-off as a result of which a certificate is issued by the Board pursuant to section 21 of the Textile and Clothing Board Act and section 3 of these Regulations; (mise à pied)

“maximum pre-retirement benefit”

“maximum pre-retirement benefit” has the meaning assigned by section 9; (prestation maximale d’avant-retraite)

“Minister”

“Minister” means the Minister of Labour; (ministre)

“pre-retirement benefit”

“pre-retirement benefit” means the pre-retirement benefit payable under these Regulations; (prestation d’avant-retraite)

“qualifying week”

“qualifying week”, with respect to an employee, means a week during which the employee was employed by a Canadian producer and had insurable earnings as determined pursuant to the Act; (semaine donnant droit à l’aide)

“textile and clothing goods”

“textile and clothing goods” has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Textile and Clothing Board Act; (articles de textile et d’habillement)

“umpire”

“umpire” means an umpire appointed under Part V of the Act. (arbitre)