{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/late-payment-of-commercial-debts-interest-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/late-payment-of-commercial-debts-interest-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2479",
  "legislation_title": "The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/late-payment-of-commercial-debts-interest-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n(a) “large business purchaser” means a purchaser, not being a United Kingdom public authority, whose business is a large business;\n(b) “United Kingdom public authority” means an authority falling within Schedule 1; and\n(c) “small business supplier” means a supplier, not being a United Kingdom public authority, whose business is a small business.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, a business is–\n(a) a small business, if the number of full-time employees employed in the business is 50 or fewer; or\n(b) a large business, if the number of full-time employees employed in the business is more than 50,\nwhen calculated in accordance with Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2479/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:41.175904+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."
}