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§ 4.1 Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) Labor Act means the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 519).

(b) Pension Act means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-406) (88 Stat. 829).

(c) Acts means both of the above statutes.

(d) Commission means the United States Parole Commission.

(e) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or his designee.

(f) For proceedings under the “Labor Act”

(1) Employer means the labor organization, or person engaged in an industry or activity affecting commerce, or group or association of employers dealing with any labor organization, which an applicant under § 4.2 desires to serve in a capacity for which he is ineligible under section 504(a) of the “Labor Act”.

(2) All other terms used in this part shall have the same meaning as identical or comparable terms when those terms are used in the “Labor Act”.

(g) For proceedings under the “Pension Act”

(1) Employer means the employee benefit plan with which an applicant under § 4.2 desires to serve in a capacity for which he is ineligible under section 411(a) of the “Pension Act” (29 U.S.C. section 1111).

(2) All other terms used in this part shall have the same meaning as identical or comparable terms when those terms are used in the “Pension Act”.