Interpretation2.

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the National Security and Investment Act 2021;

“body” means a body corporate, a partnership or an unincorporated association other than a partnership;

“dual-use items” means goods and technology, including software or information (other than information in the public domain), the export or transfer of which is controlled by virtue of their being specified in the relevant export control legislation;

“national infrastructure sector” means one of the following sectors listed by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure as being sectors capable of containing critical national infrastructure2—

(a)

chemicals,

(b)

civil nuclear,

(c)

communications,

(d)

defence,

(e)

emergency services,

(f)

energy,

(g)

finance,

(h)

food,

(i)

government,

(j)

health,

(k)

space,

(l)

transport, and

(m)

water;

“notifying party” means the person who submits a mandatory notice, a validation application or a voluntary notice3;

“relevant export control legislation” means—

(a)

Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items4,

(b)

the Schedule to the Export of Radioactive Sources (Control) Order 20065, and

(c)

Schedules 2 and 3 to the Export Control Order 20086,

“representative” means a person who has been appointed to act on behalf of another person in connection with the giving of documents under the Act;

F1“Secretary of State” includes the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.