# The Companies (Disqualification Orders) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Definitions


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;
“disqualification order” means an order of the court under any of sections 2 to 6, 8, 9A and 10 of the Act;
“disqualification undertaking” means an undertaking accepted by the Secretary of State under section 7, 8 or 9B of the Act;
“grant of leave” means a grant by the court of leave under section 17 of the Act to any person in relation to a disqualification order or a disqualification undertaking.
(2) For the purposes of regulations 5 and 9, “leave granted”—
(a) in relation to a disqualification order granted under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 means leave granted by a court for a person subject to such an order to do anything which otherwise the order prohibits that person from doing; and
(b) in relation to a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 means leave granted by a court for a person subject to such an undertaking to do anything which otherwise the undertaking prohibits that person from doing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2471/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-disqualification-orders-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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