1. In this act and in the regulations, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following expressions and words mean:(a) “social aid” : any benefit granted under this act;
(b) “family” : the consorts or the surviving consort and any dependent child of theirs, and any unmarried child who habitually is the chief provider for the needs of such family, a consort separated judicially or in fact and any dependent child of his, and any unmarried child who habitually is the chief provider for the needs of such family, those consorts who are childless, any unmarried man or woman and any dependent child of either;
(c) “head of a family” : the member of a family who habitually is the chief provider for the needs of such family;
(d) “consorts” : a man and a woman who are married and cohabit, or who live together as husband and wife;
(e) “dependent child” : an unmarried child, whatever be his filiation, who is less than eighteen years of age or, if he is eighteen years of age or more, regularly attends an educational institution, and depends upon the head of the family for his subsistence;
(f) “individual” : any person who is not a member of a family;
(g) “Minister” : the Minister of Social Affairs;
(h) “regulation” : any regulation made under this act by the Gouvernement.