Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “advertising” means any form of representation which is made in connection with a trade, business, craft or profession in order to promote the supply or transfer of a product and “advertiser” shall be construed accordingly;

• F1“CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;

• “code owner” means a trader or a body responsible for—

  1. (a)

     the formulation and revision of a code of conduct; or

  2. (b)

     monitoring compliance with the code by those who have undertaken to be bound by it;

• “comparative advertising” means advertising which in any way, either explicitly or by implication, identifies a competitor or a product offered by a competitor;

• “court”, in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, means a county court or the High Court, and, in relation to Scotland, the sheriff or the Court of Session;

• F2“DETINI” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland;

• F3“enforcement authority” means the F4CMA, every local weights and measures authority, DETINI and GEMA;

• F5“GEMA” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

• “goods” includes ships, aircraft, animals, things attached to land and growing crops;

• F6“local weights and measures authority” means a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain (within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985);

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• “premises” includes any place and any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft;

• “product” means any goods or services and includes immovable property, rights and obligations;

• “ship” includes any boat and any other description of vessel used in navigation; and

• “trader” means any person who is acting for purposes relating to his trade, craft, business or profession and anyone acting in the name of or on behalf of a trader.

In the application of these Regulations to Scotland for references to an “injunction” or an “interim injunction” there shall be substituted references to an “ “interdict ” or an “ “interim interdict ” respectively.