Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00997:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00997
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 8853–11677

4  Interpretation
 (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
children includes children adopted by a contributor or by a contributor to the Provident Account and dependent on him at the time of his death.
continuing contributor means a person who, by virtue of regulation 9, continues, on and after 1 July 1976, to make contributions for a pension payable under these Regulations.
minimum number of units, in relation to a contributor:
 (a) means the number of units (not including reserve units or non‑contributory units) provided by a contribution equal to one‑tenth of the salary of the contributor; or
 (b) if a contribution equal to one‑tenth of the salary of the contributor would provide a number of units (not including reserve units or non‑contributory units) and a fraction of a unit—means that number of units and does not include that fraction of a unit.
non‑contributory unit means a unit of pension which is applicable to a contributor by virtue of regulation 13.
pension:
 (a) means a pension payable under these Regulations; and
 (b) includes:
 (i) an associate pension under regulation 91; and
 (ii) a pension payable, before the commencement of these Regulations, under the Superannuation Ordinance, being a pension that is preserved and continued in existence by, and payable under, these Regulations.
pensioner means a person in receipt of a pension.
reserve unit means a unit of pension to which Division 5 of Part II applies.
salary, in relation to a continuing contributor, means the amount determined from time to time under regulation 4B as his salary for the purposes of these Regulations.
service means continuous service as an employee under Part II of the Act and includes continuous service that was service within the meaning of the Superannuation Ordinance.
serving employee means an employee who, immediately before the commencement of the Superannuation (Papua New Guinea) Ordinance 1951, was a contributor under the Superannuation Ordinance 1917‑1955 of the Territory of Papua, the Superannuation Ordinance 1928‑1955 of the Territory of New Guinea or the Superannuation Ordinances 1951.
student child means a child who has attained the age of sixteen years and is under the age of twenty‑one years, and is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university.
Superannuation Ordinance means the Superannuation (Papua New Guinea) Ordinance 1951‑1973.
the Act means the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973.
the maximum age for retirement means:
 (a) in the case of a male contributor who made an election under regulation 16 of these Regulations as in force at any time before 1 July 1976 (other than a contributor in relation to whom subregulation 9(6) of these Regulations as in force on 30 June 1976 continues to apply)—the age of fifty‑five