The Distribution of German Enemy Property (No. 2) Order 1951

PART ITITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No. 2) Order, 1951.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1952.

2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them—

(a)“the Act” means the Distribution of German Enemy Property Act, 1949;

(b)“the Administrator” means the Administrator of German Enemy Property appointed under the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No. 1) Order, 1950(1) ;

(c)“British person” means, in relation to any date,

(i)His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom;

(ii)any British subject, citizen of the Republic of Ireland or British protected person resident or carrying on business on that date in the United Kingdom;

(iii)any body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) which on that date was a body incorporated or constituted under the laws in force in the United Kingdom;

(d)“Claimant” in relation to any German enemy debt means the person who under Article 4 (1) of this Order makes a claim in respect of that debt;

(e)“German person” means, in relation to any date,

(i)the German State;

(ii)any individual who on that date was a German national resident in Germany;

(iii)any body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) which on that date was body incorporated or constituted in or under the laws of Germany;

(f)“relevant time” means on he 30th day of September, 1951, or, if the debt in respect of which the claim is made has been discharged between the passing of the Act and the said date, immediately before its discharge;

(g)“trade debt” means any sum due in respect of—

(i)goods supplied in the course of trade;

(ii)services incidental to goods so supplied; or

(iii)shipping freight, rebates or fares;

(h)“United Kingdom” includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889 applies to the interpretation of this Order, as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.