1. These Regulations may be cited as the Old Age Security Regulations.

• 2. (1) In these Regulations,

  “Act”

  “Act” means the Old Age Security Act; (Loi)

  “appeal”

  “appeal” means an appeal referred to in subsection 28(1) of the Act or made in respect of a reference; (appel)

  “appellant”

  “appellant” means a person who makes an appeal referred to in subsection 28(1) or (2) of the Act or in respect of a reference; (appelant)

  “applicant”

  “applicant”[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

  “application form”

  “application form” means the form of application required by the Minister; (formule de demande)

  “beneficiary”

  “beneficiary” includes a person on whose behalf a benefit has become payable; (prestataire)

  “Board”

  “Board”[Repealed, SOR/89-269, s. 1]

  “Court”

  “Court” means the Tax Court of Canada constituted by the Tax Court of Canada Act; (Cour)

  “Minister”

  “Minister”[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

  “reference”

  “reference” means a reference to the Tax Court of Canada pursuant to subsection 28(2) of the Act; (renvoi)

  “Regional Director”

  “Regional Director”[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

  “request for reconsideration”

  “request for reconsideration” means a request made to the Minister for reconsideration under section 27.1 of the Act; (demande de révision)

  “Review Committee”

  “Review Committee”[Repealed, SOR/90-813, s. 1]

  “Review Tribunal”

  “Review Tribunal”[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

  “secretary”

  “secretary”[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

• (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, residence and presence in Newfoundland prior to the date of union of Newfoundland with Canada are deemed to be residence and presence in Canada respectively.

• (3) For the purpose of the definition “public officer” in subsection 33(1) of the Act, a prescribed individual is a person employed in a federal institution or whose services are required by a federal institution, on a casual or temporary basis or under a student employment program.