Words starting with C

contempt

Defined in Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962, s 2

“includes any breach of privilege of Parliament and the commission of any offence mentioned in Part 5”

content

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“means information or material capable of communication by means of a broadcasting service or an electronic service —(a)whether in the form of text;(b)whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds;(c)whether in the form of visual …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

contentious business

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means business done in or for the purposes of proceedings begun before a court of justice or before an arbitrator”

contentious material

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means material comprised in the content of the film that is within the ambit of section 16”

contestable consumer

Defined in Electricity Act 2001, s 2

“means a consumer who is, in accordance with this Act, eligible to purchase electricity —(a)from a retail electricity licensee;(b)directly from any wholesale electricity market; or(c)indirectly from any wholesale electricity market through …”

contingent right

Defined in Trustees Act 1967, s 3

“includes a contingent or executory interest, a possibility coupled with an interest, whether the object of the gift or limitation of the interest or possibility is or is not ascertained, also a right of entry, whether immediate or future …”

contract

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means a construction contract or a supply contract, and includes a construction contract or a supply contract that has been terminated”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

contract for the hire of goods

Defined in Supply of Goods Act 1982, s 6

“means a contract under which one person bails or agrees to bail goods to another by way of hire, other than a hire-purchase agreement.(2) For the purposes of this Act, a contract is a contract for the hire of goods whether or not services …”

contract for the transfer of goods

Defined in Supply of Goods Act 1982, s 1

“means a contract under which one person transfers or agrees to transfer to another the property in goods, other than an excepted contract.(2) For the purposes of this section, an excepted contract means any of the following:(a)a contract …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

contract of national interest

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 41

“means a contract —(a)the termination of which is likely to affect the provision of essential services or the ability of the Government or a public authority to carry out its functions, whether or not the Government or public authority is a …”

contract of sale

Defined in Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 61

“includes an agreement to sell as well as a sale”

contract of sale of goods

Defined in Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003, s 13

“has the meaning given by the Sale of Goods Act 1979”

contract of service

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means any agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his or her employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract or …”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

contract worker

Defined in Regulation of Employment Act, s 2

“means any person who seeks employment with, or is offered employment by, or is employed by, a contractor at a salary of not more than $1,500* a month or such other sum as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Minister by notification in …”

contracting authority

Defined in Government Procurement Act 1997, s 2

“means a ministry or department of the Government, an Organ of State or a statutory board declared, by order made under section 4(1), as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act”

Contracting State

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any country which is a party to the Chicago Convention”

Also defined in 1 other Act

contractor

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means any person who contracts with a principal to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purposes of the principal’s trade or business”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

contravene

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“includes a failure to comply with a requirement or condition in that provision”

contravention

Defined in Control of Imports and Exports Act, s 2

“includes, in relation to any provision, a failure to comply with that provision”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

contribution

Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

“means the sum of money payable periodically by each subscriber under the agreement”

contributor

Defined in Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act 1904, s 2

“means and includes every person from whose salary or pension deductions are made in accordance with this Act”

contributory

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means a person liable to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up, and includes the holder of fully paid shares in the company and, prior to the final determination of the persons who are contributories …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

control

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 28B

“includes control as a result of, or by means of, any trust, agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

control equipment

Defined in Clean Air Act, s 2

“includes —(a)any apparatus for separating any air impurities from the gas or liquid medium in which they are carried;(b)any automatic device used for securing the more efficient operation of any fuel burning equipment;(c)any device to …”

controlled area

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any area declared to be a controlled area under section 72”

Also defined in 1 other Act

controlled article

Defined in Control of Essential Supplies Act 1973, s 2

“means any article or food, or any kind or type of article or food, which has been declared to be a controlled article by an order under section 5, and includes a rationed article”

Also defined in 1 other Act

controlled drug

Defined in Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, s 2

“means any substance or product which is for the time being specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule or anything that contains any such substance or product”

controlled equipment, controlled material or controlled substance

Defined in Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, s 2

“means any equipment, material or substance, respectively, specified in the Third Schedule”

controlled flight

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any flight that is provided with or required by or under this Act to make use of an air traffic control service”

controlled plant

Defined in Controlled Plants Act, s 2

“means any plant for the time being included in the Schedule”