Judicial Service Act [Chapter 7:18] (b) a disciplined force; or (c) the service of Parliament; or (d) the service of a government, statutory body, local authority or institution approved by the Minister, after consultation with the Commission, for the purposes of this Act; "Commission" means the Judicial Service Commission established in terms of section 90 of the Constitution; "committee" means a committee established by the Commission in terms of section 4; "fixed date" means the date fixed in terms of section 1(2) as the date of commencement of this Act; "court" means any court established by law in Zimbabwe other than a customary court; "customary court" means a court established in terms of the Customary Law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05]; "disciplined force" has the meaning given to that term in section 113(1) of the Constitution; "Judges Pension Scheme" means the scheme set out in the Judges Pension Scheme Notice, 2006 (published in Statutory Instrument 71 of 12006) or any other scheme that may be substituted for it; "Judicial Service" means the service constituted by persons referred to in section 3; "member", in relation to Judicial Service means a person employed in the Judicial Service, including a person employed under contract in terms of section 8; "Minister" means the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; "pension benefit" means any pension, commutation of a pension, gratuity or other similar allowance or benefit or any refund of pension contributions, including any interest payable thereon, for a person in respect of his or her service as a member of the Judicial Service or in respect of any ill-health or injury arising out of and in the course of his or her official duties as such a member or for a dependant or personal representative of such person in respect of such service, ill-health or injury or on the death of such person; "Public Service Pension Scheme" means the scheme set out in the Public Service (Pensions) Regulations, 1992 (published in Statutory Instrument 124 of 1992) or any other scheme that may be substituted for it; "recognised association or organisation" means an association or organisation declared to be a recognised association or organisation, as the case may be, in terms of section 13; "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Commission referred to in section 10; "service regulations" means regulations made in terms of section 25 regulating conditions of service of members of the Judicial Service. -4-