1 In this Act, “administrator” means a person authorized under this Act to administer the Fund in accordance with a plan document; (“administrateur”) “applicant” means any member or past member of a Band who makes an application or on whose behalf an application is made and lodged with the administrator, and shall be deemed to include, as if a member of a Band, a registered Indian customarily resident on a reserve before the 1st day of October, 1985; (“demandeur”) “application” means a written application, in prescribed form, of an applicant and includes a medical report in prescribed form from an authorized physician; (“demande”) “authorized physician” means a physician entitled to practice medicine in any jurisdiction in Canada or the United States of America and designated as an authorized physician by the Board; (“médecin autorisé”) “award” means a decision of the Board to make available a benefit to an applicant in respect of an application and includes a determination by the administrator which has not been reviewed by the Board; (“sentence”) “Band” means The Islington Band of Indians or The Grassy Narrows Band of Indians and “the Bands” means both of them and includes, for the purposes of sections 36 and 39, a registered Indian customarily resident on a reserve before the 1st day of October, 1985; (“bande”) “Band Council” means the Council of a Band; (“conseil de bande”) “benefit” means the monetary amounts paid or payable by the administrator pursuant to an award and “maximum benefit” means the maximum monetary amounts payable in accordance with the terms of the settlement; (“indemnité”) “Board” means The Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Board established by this Act; (“Conseil”) “certificate” means a resolution of the Council of the Band of which an applicant is a member, setting forth such matters as the Board may prescribe; (“certificat”) “condition” means an observable medical symptom, sign or condition, or combination of related medical symptoms, signs or conditions which, (a) is a known condition, or (b) has been determined by the Board to constitute a condition, on the basis that it is reasonably consistent with mercury poisoning and capable of significantly impairing the quality of life or limiting the activities of an applicant, and “known condition” means any of the conditions specified as known conditions in the settlement; (“affection”) “costs of the Board” means, (a) fees and disbursements payable to or incurred by or on behalf of the members of the Board in connection with their duties as members, (b) the personal expenses of an applicant awarded by the Board under section 29, and (c) the expenses incurred by the Board in consulting with professionally qualified persons under clause 6 (1) (b), but does not include the fees and disbursements of a member who is a Band representative or of a member who is an employee of any other party to the settlement; (“frais du Conseil”) “depletion” means the total amount of reserves maintained by the administrator; (“épuisement”) “disability” means a condition or combination of conditions observed by an authorized physician upon examination of an applicant; (“incapacité”) “disbursements” means the costs of travel, accommodation, meals and communications reasonably incurred by or on behalf of members of the Board in connection with their duties as members; (“débours”) “fiscal year” means the period from the 1st day of April in one year to the 31st day of March in the next year; (“exercice”) “Fund” means the Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Fund established by this Act; (“Fonds”) “plan document” means the document or documents which define the responsibilities of the administrator and includes an agreement between the Board, or members of the Board, and the administrator, the schedules prescribing criteria for persons who may obtain assistance for disability and the levels of benefits. Neurological Grading Guidelines, Clinical Neurological Examination Protocol and the form of application prescribed by the Board; (“document du régime”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Board; (“prescrit”) “reserve” means, as the context requires, the land set aside for the use and benefit of a Band or an amount designated by the administrator according to actuarial principles for the satisfaction of an award; (“réserve”) “settlement” means a settlement made in the public interest with the Bands, as set out in a Memorandum of Agreement signed by the parties thereto in the month of November, 1985, of disputes arising out of the discharge, by Reed Inc. and its predecessors, of mercury and any other pollutants into the English and Wabigoon and related river systems, and the effects which the discharge of such mercury and other pollutants and the continuing but now diminished presence of methylmercury in the related ecosystems may have had and may continue to have upon, and the concerns raised in respect of, the social and economic circumstances and the health of the present and future members of the Bands; (“règlement”) “undepleted balance” means the actual balance of the Fund including accrued income, less depletion. (“solde non épuisé”)