(1) In this Act -
"Agency" means National Treasury Management Agency;
"beneficiary" in respect of a social welfare pension, means a person entitled to or in receipt of such pension;
"Commission" means National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission established under section 5;
"Commission investment vehicle" means a company or other body corporate that the Commission forms, causes to be formed or controls for the purpose of holding, facilitating or managing investments;
"committee" means a committee established under section 14;
"Committee of Public Accounts" means the Committee of Dáil éireann established under the Standing Orders of Dáil éireann to examine and report to Dáil éireann on the appropriation accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General;
"company" means - (a) a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1999, or (b) a body established under the laws of a state other than the State and corresponding to a body referred to in paragraph