InterpretationU.K.
1(1)In this Schedule—U.K.
“the Charter” means the M1Royal Charter of 1st May 1996 for the continuance of the British Broadcasting Corporation;
“preparatory scheme” means a transfer scheme whose main purpose is to provide for a transfer of property, rights or liabilities from the BBC to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC;
“successor company” means a company to which property, rights or liabilities are transferred in accordance with a preparatory scheme at a time when the company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC;
“transfer” includes—
(a)any transfer effected by or under an agreement or instrument entered into or executed in pursuance of an obligation imposed by a provision contained in a preparatory scheme by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(g) of Schedule 5;
(b)the creation of interests, rights or liabilities by or under any such agreement or instrument; and
(c)the creation of interests, rights or liabilities by virtue of any provision contained in a preparatory scheme by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 5;
and references to a transfer in accordance with a preparatory scheme shall be construed accordingly;
“wholly-owned subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 736 of the M2Companies Act 1985.
(2)Any reference in this Schedule to vesting in accordance with a preparatory scheme or vesting effected by a preparatory scheme shall be construed as a reference to vesting as a result of a transfer in accordance with a preparatory scheme.