Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “actuary” means an actuary approved by the Board; “artisan” includes a skilled workman belonging to a prescribed category; “Board” means the Sugar Industry Pension Fund Board referred to in section 19; “Committee” has the same meaning as in the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Act; “employee” means a person employed by the month by an employer; “employer” means— (a) a person that is the owner or lessee of a sugar estate; (b) a sugar broker; (c) the Board; (d) the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture; (e) the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate; (f) — (g) the Mauritius Cane Industry Authority; (h) a person that is the owner or lessee of a distillery or of any other plant processing by-products of sugar or sugar cane; (ha) the successors and assignees of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (cid:4666)(cid:135)(cid:4667), (g) and (h); (i) a sequestrator appointed by the Supreme Court under section 129 of the Sale of Immovable Property Act for the management and administration of a sugar estate, distillery or concern processing any by-products of sugar or sugar cane; (j) such other person directly concerned with the sugar industry as the Board may approve; “Fund” means the Sugar Industry Pension Fund established under section 3; “insuring employer” means an employer other than the Sugar Industry Retiring Fund who, at 1 January 1956, had already been operating a pension fund in favour of his employees for 3 years or more; “labourer” means a workman other than an artisan; “member” means an employee who is a member of, or is receiving a pension, gratuity or other allowance under, the Fund; “normal pension age” means the age of 60; “personal VAC account” means an individual account in the name of an employee who makes voluntary additional contribution; [Issue 9] S51 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “Rules”— (a) means the Sugar Industry Pension Fund Rules; and (b) includes the tables in the First and Second Schedules; “salary”— (a) means the basic monthly salary or wage, as the case may be, payable to an employee, monthly or otherwise; but (b) does not include any payment representing cost of living or other allowance, share of profits, commission in lieu of salary or wage, temporary increase of salary or wage, or other occasional receipts, or any fees payable to any person carrying on a professional practice; “service” means service as an employee; “specified worker” means a labourer or artisan governed by the Sugar Industry (Agricultural Workers) (Remuneration Order) Regulations 1983 and the Sugar Industry (Non-Agricultural Workers) (Remuneration Order) Regulations 1985, respectively; “Specified Workers Gratuity Fund” means the fund referred to in section 4B; “staff employee” means an employee who is neither an artisan nor a labourer; “sugar estate” means— (a) a sugar factory; (b) any sugar cane estate with a factory; or (c) any sugar cane estate without a factory, which cultivates at least 100 arpents under sugar cane, any land temporarily under other crops being reckoned as being under sugar cane; “VAC” means the voluntary additional contribution made by an employee; “VAC Fund” means the voluntary additional contribution fund referred to in section 4A; “voluntary additional contribution” means the voluntary contribution made by an employee under section 4A; “wage” has the same meaning as “salary”. [S. 2 amended by Act 25 of 2000; s. 28 (a) of Act 20 of 2002 w.e.f. 10 August 2002; s. 53 (a) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 S temporarily under other crops being reckoned as being under sugar cane; “VAC” means the voluntary additional contribution made by an employee; “VAC Fund” means the voluntary additional contribution fund referred to in section 4A; “voluntary additional contribution” means the voluntary contribution made by an employee under section 4A; “wage” has the same meaning as “salary”. [S. 2 amended by Act 25 of 2000; s. 28 (a) of Act 20 of 2002 w.e.f. 10 August 2002; s. 53 (a) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]