Article 6

After Note (7) insert—

“(8)

In this Group “state-regulated” means approved, licensed, registered or exempted from registration by any Minister or other authority pursuant to a provision of a public general Act, other than a provision that is capable of being brought into effect at different times in relation to different local authority areas.

• Here “Act” means—

  1. (a)

     an Act of Parliament;

  2. (b)

     an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

  3. (c)

     an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

  4. (d)

     an Order in Council under Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974^f1;

  5. (e)

     a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly established under section 1 of the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973^f2;

  6. (f)

     an Order in Council under section 1(3) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972^f3;

  7. (g)

     an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.”.