# Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (repealed), Section 13: Interpretation of Part III.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Part of this Act “overseas territory” means any territory or country outside the United Kingdom.
(2) References in this Part of this Act to the Government of an overseas territory include references to a Government constituted for two or more overseas territories, and to any authority established for the purpose of providing or administering services which are common to, or relate to matters of common interest to, two or more such territories.
(3) Any reference in this Part of this Act to an officer to whom section 10 above applies is a reference to a person who has been appointed an officer under that section or under section 1 of the Overseas Service Act 1958 and for the time being continues to hold that appointment.
(4) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, a person shall be taken to be serving as an officer to whom section 10 above applies at any time when, having been appointed an officer under that section or under section 1 of the Overseas Service Act 1958, he continues to hold that appointment, and any reference to service as such an officer shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/63/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-development-and-co-operation-act-1980-repealed/section-13
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