Section 27 Interpretation of the Act.

In this Act—

• “the Court” means the Restrictive Practices Court;

• “the Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading;

• “interconnected bodies corporate” means bodies corporate which are members of the same group, and for the purposes of this definition “group” means a body corporate and all other bodies corporate which are its subsidiaries—

  1. (a)

     within the meaning of section F1section 736 of the Companies Act 1985; or

  2. (b)

     for companies in Northern Ireland, within the meaning of F2Article 4 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; or

  3. (c)

     (in the case of an industrial and provident society) within the meaning of section 15 of the M1Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 or section 47 of the M2Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, as the case may be.