{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/20",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Reform Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“company” means a company as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006;\n“contractor” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“DE&S” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“defence procurement” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“defence procurement services” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“defence purposes” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“the departmental defence procurement undertaking” has the meaning given by section 1(8);\n“formed”, in relation to a company, includes the alteration of the company's articles so as to add, remove or alter a statement of the company's objects;\n“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;\n“property” includes interests of any description;\n“publicly owned company” means a company which is—\n(a)a company limited by shares in which no one other than a relevant person holds any of the shares, or\n(b)a company limited by guarantee of which no one other than a relevant person is a member;\nthe “TUPE regulations” means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246);\n“the vesting date” means a day appointed by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument.\n(2) In the definition of “publicly owned company” in subsection (1), “relevant person” means—\n(a) a Minister of the Crown,\n(b) a publicly owned company, or\n(c) a nominee of a person falling within paragraph (a) or (b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/20/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:36.583962+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}