In these Regulations –

• the “1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 19865;

• the “1996 Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19966;

• “SE” means a European Public Limited–Liability Company (or Societas Europaea) within the meaning of the EC Regulation and, except as provided in these Regulations, means an SE which is to be, or is, registered in Northern Ireland.

Words and expressions listed in the index of defined expressions in Article 2A7 of the 1986 Order have the same meaning as they have in that Order.

Words and expressions which are used in the EC Regulation or the EC Directive have the same meaning as they have in that Regulation or Directive.

Where a word or expression is both listed in the index of defined expressions referred to in paragraph (2) and used in the EC Regulation or the EC Directive, it has the meaning it has in that Regulation or Directive.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19548 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.