(1)In this Part of this Act—
" the Act of 1977 " means the [1977 c. 13.] British Airways Board Act 1977 ;
" appointed day " means such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument after consulting the Board and the Treasury ;
" the Board " has the meaning given by section 1(1) of this Act;
" share " includes stock ; and
" the successor company " has the meaning given by section 3(1) of this Act.
(2)References in this Part of this Act to the public dividend capital of the Board shall be construed in accordance with section 1 (2) of this Act.
(3)An order under section 3 of this Act nominating any company for the purposes of that section and an order under subsection (1) above appointing a day may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order at any time before any property, rights, liabilities or obligations of the Board vest in any company by virtue of section 3.