In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires -

"claim for benefit" includes an application or a declaration that an accident was an occupational accident;

"deceased" means, in relation to death benefit, the person in respect of whose death the benefit is claimed or payable;

"funeral grant" means death benefit payable by way of a grant under section 84 of the Principal Act in respect of funeral expenses;

"gratuity" means a disablement benefit or death benefit payable by way of a gratuity;

"medical care payment" means a payment under section 86 of the Principal Act in respect of the cost of medical care;

"the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005);

"spouse" has the meaning assigned to it in section 3(10).