S.L. 452.78 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations:

''Act'' means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

''foster care'' means a service for a determinate period whereby a child is placed in the continuous care of a foster carer, and through which the child is brought up in a family environment according to his best interests; ''foster carer'' means one or more persons, approved by the Fostering Board, to foster a child in terms of the Foster Care Act;

''pro rata'' shall have the meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Act:

Provided that:

(a) when the employee is in part-time employment on a variable time schedule, the number of hours of work per week shall be the average number of hours of work per week spread over successive thirteen week periods commencing on the first of January of each calendar year; and

(b) when the employee has not been in part-time employment for a period of thirteen weeks the average number of hours of work per week shall be calculated over the number of weeks in employment.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.