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For the purpose of this (revised) Code:
a) the term “Committee” means the Steering Committee for Social Security of the Council of Europe or any other committee designated by the Committee of Ministers to carry out the tasks entrusted to the Committee by the provisions of this (revised) Code;
b) the term “legislation” includes laws and regulations as well as social security rules;
c) the term “prescribed” means determined by or in virtue of national legislation;
d) the term “resident” means a person ordinarily resident in the territory of the Party concerned;
e) the term “qualifying period” means a period of contribution, a period of occupational activity or a period of residence, including any period treated as such or any combination thereof, as may be prescribed for conferring entitlement to benefit;
f) the term “dependant” refers to the state of dependency presumed in prescribed cases;
g) the term “surviving spouse” designates the spouse who was dependent on the deceased person at the time of the latter's decease and who has not remarried;
h) the term “child” means: i) a child not having reached school-leaving age, or under 16 years of age;
ii) under prescribed conditions, a child over the age specified in the foregoing sub-paragraph who is an apprentice or a student or suffers from chronic illness or infirmity making him unfit to engage in any occupational activity.
i) a child not having reached school-leaving age, or under 16 years of age;
ii) under prescribed conditions, a child over the age specified in the foregoing sub-paragraph who is an apprentice or a student or suffers from chronic illness or infirmity making him unfit to engage in any occupational activity.