Article 3 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,

• “assistant registrar” means an assistant registrar of friendly societies for the central registration area,

• “the assistant registrar for Scotland” means the assistant registrar of friendly societies for Scotland,

• “the Board” means the Building Societies Investor Protection Board,

• “building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986^f1,

• “the central office” means the central office of the registry of friendly societies,

• “the central registration area” means the area defined by section 4(1)(a) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974^f2 (as it had effect immediately before its repeal by the 2000 Act),

• “the Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of friendly societies,

• “commencement” means the beginning of the day on which section 19 of the 2000 Act comes into force,

• “enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978^f3, and

• “the last period” means the period beginning with 1st April 2001 and ending at commencement.

In this Order, “transferred function” means any function transferred by article 4 and, in relation to any transferred function, “transferor” means the person from whom the function is transferred and “transferee” means the person to whom it is transferred.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in this Order.