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applicant[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]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Board[Repealed, SOR/89-269, s. 1]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Minister[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]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Regional Director[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]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Review Committee[Repealed, SOR/90-813, s. 1]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Review Tribunal[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]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secretary[Repealed, SOR/96-521, s. 1]

(1.1) In these Regulations,

• (a) a reference to the age of “60 years” is to be read for the applicable period set out in column 1 of the table to subsection 2.2(1) of the Act as a reference to the corresponding age in column 2; and

• (b) a reference to the age of “65 years” is to be read for the applicable period set out in column 1 of the table to subsection 2.2(2) of the Act as a reference to the corresponding age in column 2.

(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.