Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive referred to in Article 14(1) of the Convention;

• “classified information” has the same meaning as in Article 52(3) of the Convention;

• “the Convention” means the Convention on the Establishment of the “Global Combat Air Programme - GCAP International Government Organisation” signed on 14 December 2023^f1;

• “the Directors” means the Directors of the GCAP Agency referred to in Article 14(2) of the Convention;

• “GCAP” has the same meaning as in Article 1(2) of the Convention;

• “the GCAP Agency” means the agency of the GIGO referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of the Convention;

• “the GIGO” means the GCAP International Government Organisation established by Article 1(1) of the Convention;

• “member of Agency Personnel” means a person who has a written arrangement with the GCAP Agency to work directly for it in accordance with Article 15(2) of the Convention;

• “Official Activities” in relation to the GIGO means the activities that the GIGO undertakes pursuant to the Convention, including any administrative activities in support of those activities;

• “premises of the GIGO” means any land, building or part of a building in the United Kingdom occupied by the GIGO on a permanent or temporary basis as specified in an arrangement or notification referred to in Article 10(2) of the Convention;

• “representative of a Party” means—

  1. (a)

     a member of the Steering Committee;

  2. (b)

     a member of a subordinate committee established by the Steering Committee; or

  3. (c)

     an individual designated by a Party as a national auditor pursuant to the Convention; and

• “the Steering Committee” means the committee of the GIGO referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of the Convention.

For the purposes of this Order, “the Parties” or “a Party” have the meaning they have in the Convention.