8.—(1) In these regulations, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively:—
“the Board” means the National Coal Board;
“the Board's part” in relation to any scheduled scheme means the Board's part of that scheme within the meaning of paragraph (1) of regulation five of the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Superannuation) Regulations, 1950() ;
“the principal scheme” means the superannuation scheme established by the Board by resolution dated the eighteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, as amended from time to time, and references thereto shall be construed as including any scheme established by the Board and approved by the Minister of Fuel and Power in replacement of it;
“regulating instrument” means any trust deed, rules or other instrument made for the purpose of any scheduled scheme and includes any policy of insurance, bond, indemnity or other similar instrument for securing benefits mentioned in any such scheme or in any trust deed, rules or other instrument as aforesaid;
“scheduled scheme” has the meaning assigned by regulation one.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
