Interpretation of Chapter 2
49.—(1) In this Chapter—
“claim form” includes, in Northern Ireland, the originating process by which the proceedings are commenced;
“declaration of ineffectiveness” means a declaration made under regulation 59(2)(a);
“economic operator” has the meanings given by paragraph (2);
“grounds for ineffectiveness” has the meaning given by regulation 60;
“proceedings” means court proceedings taken for the purposes of regulation 52; and
“standstill period”, and references to its end, have the same meaning as in regulation 48.
(2) In regulations 50 and 51, “economic operator” has its usual meaning (in accordance with regulation 2(1)), but in the other provisions of this Chapter “economic operator” has the narrower meaning of an economic operator (as defined by regulation 2(1)) to which a duty is owed in accordance with regulation 50 or 51.