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“appropriate authority” means the board or management of a statutory or local authority;

“employee” means a person on full time employment of a statutory or local authority;

“Employees Provident Fund” means a provident fund established under the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 [Act 452], including an approved fund as defined in that Act;

“Employees Provident Fund Scheme” means a scheme under which an employee ceases to be eligible to be conferred the status of a pensionable employee or ceases to be a pensionable employee and is instead required to contribute, together with his employer, to the

Employees Provident Fund;

“employer” means a statutory or local authority;

“last drawn salary” means the actual last drawn monthly substantive salary paid to an employee before his retirement or death or in the case of retirement under subsection 13(2), his actual last drawn monthly substantive salary paid to him by the organization whilst he is on the same terms and conditions of service as in the New Scheme; provided that in respect of an employee who is receiving any pensionable allowance, such pensionable allowance shall form part of his last drawn salary;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for pensions;

“New Scheme” means the revised salaries and terms and conditions of service of employees in the statutory and local authorities arising from the revision of salaries and terms and conditions of service of such employees made by the Government with effect from 1 January 1976, or from any other subsequent revision made or approved by the Government from time to time;

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“Pension And Employees Provident Fund Scheme” means a scheme under which an employee continues to be a pensionable employee and is required to contribute, upon his option taking effect and by virtue of his option, to the Employees Provident Fund;

“pensionable employee” means an employee who has been conferred pensionable status under section 6 or deemed to have been conferred pensionable status under subsection 6A(6C) or section 7;

“pensions authority” means the Director General of Public Services or any officer authorized by him in writing to act on his behalf;

“reckonable service” means service prescribed as reckonable service under the regulations;

“regulations” means regulations made under section 28;

“salary” means a monthly salary including any pensionable allowance payable in accordance with the salary scales of the

New Scheme;

“service” means service under the Government, any State

Government, or in any statutory or local authority; and

“statutory or local authority” means a statutory or local authority within the purview of the New Scheme.