18.—(1) 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.
(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 2000(1) or Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(2);
“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 1996(3) (interpretation), section 50 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(4) (meaning of police area, etc) or section 1 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(5) (name of the police in Northern Ireland); and
“specified public authority” means a public authority specified in Schedule 1.