s 2 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “accounting officer” includes every officer and servant who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any money of the Fund, or who is charged with the receipt, custody or disposal of, or the accounting for, any store and property of the Authority or who in fact receives, holds or disposes of such store and property; “Authority” means the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority established under section 3; “Bank” means the Central Bank of Malaysia established under the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 [Act 519]; “Chairman” means the Chairman appointed under section 5; “committee” means any committee established by the Authority under subsection 15(1); “dependant”, in relation to an officer or servant of the Authority, means the spouse, parent, children, including adopted children or step-children, or such other person as may be specified by the Authority with the consent of the Minister from time to time by notice published in the Gazette; “Fund” means the Fund established under subsection 29(1); “Labuan” means the Kawasan Lembaga Pembangunan Labuan defined in section 2 of the Lembaga Pembangunan Labuan Act 1992 [Act 480]; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for finance; “offshore financial institution” means any person providing offshore financial services; “offshore financial services” means any service provided by— (a) an offshore company or foreign offshore company registered under the Offshore Companies Act 1990 [Act 441]; (b) any domestic company or foreign company registered under the Labuan Trust Companies Act 1990 [Act 442]; (c) any person licensed or registered, as the case may be, under the Offshore Banking Act 1990 [Act 443], the Offshore Insurance Act 1990 [Act 444], or any other law relating to offshore financial services; (d) an offshore limited partnership established under the Labuan Offshore Limited Partnerships Act 1997 [Act 565]; (e) a fund established or a fund manager licensed or a fund administrator registered under the Labuan Offshore Securities Industry Act 1998 [Act 579]; (f) any person under any law as may be prescribed by the Minister in the Gazette, on the recommendation of the Authority; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125], and includes any Regional Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Companies. (2) The expressions “domestic company”, “foreign company”, “foreign offshore company” and “offshore company” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Offshore Companies Act 1990.