# Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Paragraph 18: Interpretation


In this schedule:—
“the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“annual accounts” has the meaning given by Article 270 of the 1986 Order;
“auditors' report” means a report prepared under Article 243 of the 1986 Order;
“company” means:—
(i) a company within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the 1986 Order; and
(ii) a body corporate, incorporated in and having a principal place of business in Northern Ireland, other than a body corporate mentioned in Article 8 of the 1986 Order;
“domestic premises” means premises to which gas is conveyed at a rate which is reasonably expected not to exceed 2,500 therms a year;
“group” has the meaning given by Article 270 of the 1986 Order;
“group accounts” means such accounts as are required to be prepared by Article 235 of the 1986 Order, or, as the case may be, delivered under Article 236 of that Order, together with any accounts required to be delivered in accordance with Article 251(2) of that Order;
“parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” have the meanings given by Article 266 of the 1986 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/447/schedule/2/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-applications-for-licences-and-extensions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-18
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