This Part applies to an overseas company that has one or more UK establishments in respect of which it has registered particulars under Part 2.

In this Part—

• “credit reference agency” means a person carrying on a business comprising the furnishing of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose;

• “director” means a director of a company who is an individual and whose particulars have been delivered to the registrar under regulation 6(1)(d)(i);

• “limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 20004 or Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 20025;

• “permanent representative” means a permanent representative of a company whose particulars have been delivered to the registrar under regulation 7(1)(f);

• “police force” means a police force within the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 19966 (interpretation), section 50 of the Police (Scotland) Act 19677 (meaning of police area, etc) or section 1 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 20008 (name of the police in Northern Ireland); and

• “specified public authority” means a public authority specified in Schedule 1.