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Section 2Part 1 — PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

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In this Act —
"Appeals Tribunal" means the Financial Assistance Appeals Tribunal established under section 19;
"applicant" means —
a person under section 10 who applies for financial assistance; or
a person who satisfies other prescribed eligibility criteria who applies for financial assistance;
"application" means an application for financial assistance under this Act;
"Caymanian" means a person who possesses Caymanian status under the repealed Immigration Act (2015 Revision) or any earlier law providing for the same or similar rights, and includes a person who acquired that status under Part 5 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision);
"civil partner" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Civil Partnership Act, 2020;
"civil partnership" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Civil Partnership Act, 2020;
"counselor" means a counselor referred to in Schedule 6 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision);
"Department" means the Department of Financial Assistance referred to in section 3;
"dependant" means —
a person who —
is under eighteen years of age;
is not married or in a civil partnership; and
does not earn an income;
a person who —
is eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-three years of age;
is not married or in a civil partnership; and
is receiving full-time education at a university or other tertiary education institution; or
a person with a disability;
"Director" means the Director of the Department, referred to in section 6(1);
"entity" means any body and includes —
a ministry, portfolio, statutory authority, government company, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Audit Office;
an approved insurer, as defined under the Health Insurance Act (2021 Revision);
an approved provider, as defined under the National Pensions Act (2012 Revision);
an educational institution, as defined under the Education Act, 2016;
a church, a civic organisation, or a non-profit organisation as defined under the Non-Profit Organisations Act (2020 Revision);
an employer, in relation to the applicant or recipient;
a person licensed under sectoral legislation to provide utility services;
a landlord, in relation to the applicant or recipient;
an owner or operator of tourist accommodation as defined under the Tourism Act (1995 Revision) and any category of tourist accommodation under that Act, or the owner or operator of any other accommodation;
a vendor of a service;
a consulate;
"financial assistance" means a monetary benefit prescribed by the regulations;
"financial institution" means —
a bank, as defined under the Banks and Trust Companies Act (2021 Revision);
a credit union, as defined under the Cooperative Societies Act (2020 Revision);
a building society, as defined under the Building Societies Act (2020 Revision); or
a money services business, as defined under the Money Services Act (2020 Revision);
"full-time education" means a minimum of five hours of curriculum instruction per day, excluding lunch and break times, for a total of at least one hundred and eighty-five days per year, or the equivalent hours per year, or any other duration of greater length as may be specified in regulations under the Education Act, 2016;
"government company" means —
a company in which the Government has a controlling interest; and
in respect of each such company, includes all subsidiary entities of the company;
"guardian" means a person who lives with a dependant and who has the charge of and who is responsible for the care and well-being of the dependant;
"health and human services" means services in the disciplines or fields of counselling, psychiatry, psychology, social work or therapy;
"health care facility" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision);
"household" means —
a person who lives alone at an address; or
two or more persons, whether or not related, who live together at the same address and who —
benefit from one another's combined income; and
share living accommodations;
"medical doctor" means a medical doctor registered under Schedule 4 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision);
"medical officer" means —
a psychiatrist registered under Schedule 4 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision); or
a clinical psychologist who is registered under Schedule 6 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision) and, in addition, has a doctoral qualification in that discipline from a country or institution referred to in regulation 6 of the Health Practice Regulations (2021 Revision), and is employed by, or is allowed to use the medical facilities of, the Government, a statutory body or government company;
"Minister" means the member of Cabinet charged with responsibility for social development;
"Ministry" means the Ministry with responsibility for social development;
"officer" means an officer of the Department referred to in section 6, and includes the Director;
"person with a disability" means a person who is certified by a medical doctor or medical officer, as applicable, as having a short-term or long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which significantly hinders, or which may hinder, that person's full and effective participation in society, on an equal basis with other persons;
"Police Service" means the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service referred to in section 3 of the Police Act (2021 Revision);
"public general holiday" has the meaning assigned by the Public Holidays Act (2007 Revision);
"public office" has the meaning assigned by section 124 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009;
"recipient" means a person who is in receipt of financial assistance;
"repealed Act" means the Poor Persons (Relief) Act (1997 Revision);
"Rules of Court" means the Rules of Court made under section 19 of the Grand Court Act (2015 Revision);
"spouse" means the male or female party to a marriage;
"statutory authority" means an entity established by a law to carry out functions which are capable under that law, of being funded, partly or entirely, by money provided by the Cabinet, and for which the Governor or the Cabinet has the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the board or other governing body;
"therapist" means a therapist referred to in Schedule 6 of the Health Practice Act (2021 Revision);
"Workforce, Opportunities and Residency Cayman Office" means the department referred to in section 3 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision); and
"working day" means a day of the week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public general holidays.
For the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of the word "entity" —
"sectoral legislation" has the meaning assigned by the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2021 Revision); and
"utility services" has the meaning assigned by the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2021 Revision).

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