(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires -
"appeals officer" means a person holding office as an appeals officer under section 251;
"assistance" means assistance under Part III;
"beneficiary" means a person entitled to any benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement, as the case may be;
"benefit" means, subject to section 210 and Part VI, benefit under Part II;
"benefit year" means the period commencing on the first Monday in a particular year and ending on the Sunday immediately preceding the first Monday in the following year;
"claimant" means a person who has made a claim for any benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement, as the case may be;
"Collector-General" means the Collector-General appointed under section 162 of the Income Tax Act, 1967;
"contribution week" means one of the successive periods of 7 consecutive days in a contribution year beginning on the 1st day of that contribution year, or on any 7th day after th