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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

  • “Group Litigation Order compensation payment” means a payment of compensation made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy or the Department for Business and Trade to a person who was a party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order;

  • “Horizon Shortfall Scheme compensation payment” means a payment of compensation made to a person under the scheme created by Post Office Limited on 1st May 2020 to compensate people who were adversely affected by accounting shortfalls related to the Horizon system and includes a top-up payment made under that scheme to account for sums lost to tax;

  • “the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by Post Office Limited known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;

  • “Post Office Limited” means the private company limited by shares with the company number 02154540 whose registered office is 100 Wood Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 7ER.