Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart: Act means the Social Security Act. Freedom of Information Act rules means the substantive mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 (including the exemptions from mandatory disclosure, 5 U.S.C. 552(b), as implemented by the Department's public information regulation, 45 CFR part 5, subpart F and by §§ 401.106 to 401.152 of this subpart. Person means a person as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551(2). This includes State or local agencies, but does not include Federal agencies or State or Federal courts. Record has the same meaning as that provided in 45 CFR 5.5. Subject individual means an individual whose record is maintained by the Department in a system of records, as the terms “individual,” “record”, and “system of records” are defined in the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(a).