Words starting with P

productive equipment

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 3

“means machinery or plant which would normally qualify for deduction under sections 19, 19A, 20, 21 and 22 of the Income Tax Act 1947”

productivity incentive payment

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means a variable payment, whether made annually or otherwise, to an employee as a reward for —(a)an improvement to the employee’s performance; or(b)an increase in the employee’s productivity or contribution to the employer’s business …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

professional deputy

Defined in Mental Capacity Act 2008, s 2

“means a person —(a)who offers or provides the services of a deputy for remuneration; and(b)who is registered with the Public Guardian as a professional deputy”

professional donee

Defined in Mental Capacity Act 2008, s 2

“means a person —(a)who is a professional deputy or is within a class of persons prescribed as qualified to be a professional donee; and(b)who offers or provides the services of a donee for remuneration”

professional engineer

Defined in Professional Engineers Act, s 2

“means a person who is engaged in professional engineering work”

Also defined in 1 other Act

professional engineering services

Defined in Professional Engineers Act 1991, s 2

“means consultancy or advisory services that require a person to engage in professional engineering work”

professional engineering work

Defined in Professional Engineers Act, s 2

“includes any professional service, such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or operation in connection with any public or privately owned public utilities, structures …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

professional indemnity insurance

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“includes insurance indemnifying a public accountant or an accounting firm or accounting corporation against liability to compensate a third party who has sustained financial loss or any other damage or injury due to breach of professional …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

professional performance

Defined in Medical Registration Act 1997, s 2

“means the knowledge, skill or care possessed and applied by a registered medical practitioner in the provision of medical services”

professional standards

Defined in Accountants Act 2004, s 32

“means the standards, methods, procedures and other requirements that are prescribed by the Authority or Oversight Committee to be applied by a public accountant, an accounting corporation, an accounting firm and an accounting LLP when …”

professional visit pass

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“means a professional visit pass issued by the Controller of Immigration under the Immigration Regulations”

profit

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act 2015, s 2

“includes interest on the loan”

profit and loss account

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“includes income and expenditure account, revenue account or any other account showing the results of the business of a corporation for a period”

Also defined in 1 other Act

profit or loss

Defined in Business Trusts Act 2004, s 2

“means the profit or loss resulting from operations of that registered business trust”

program or computer program

Defined in Computer Misuse Act 1993, s 2

“means data representing instructions or statements that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform a function”

programme

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“means —(a)any matter the primary purpose of which is to entertain, educate or inform all or part of the public; or(b)any advertising or sponsorship matter, whether or not of a commercial kind,but does not include any matter that is wholly …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

progress payment

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

“means a payment to which a person is entitled for the carrying out of construction work, or the supply of goods or services, under a contract, and includes —(a)a single or one-off payment (including a final payment); or(b)a payment that is …”

progressive wage model bonus

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 29M

“means a discretionary amount of money payable to an employee that is in addition to all of the following paid to the employee:(a)any basic wage;(b)any overtime payment;(c)any sum to reimburse the employee for special expenses incurred …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

prohibited area

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 2

“means any area that is specified in an order made under section 12”

prohibited embryo

Defined in Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2004, s 2

“means —(a)any human embryo that has been developing outside the body of a woman for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period when the development is suspended;(b)any human embryo that was removed from the body of a woman by a …”

prohibited film

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means a film that is the subject of an order made under section 35(1)”

prohibited goods

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means goods the import or export of which is prohibited, either conditionally or absolutely, by notification made under section 38”

Also defined in 1 other Act

prohibited human biomedical research

Defined in Human Biomedical Research Act 2015, s 2

“means any human biomedical research specified in the Third Schedule”

prohibited immigrant

Defined in Immigration Act 1959, s 2

“means any person who is a prohibited immigrant as defined in section 8”

prohibited item

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 20

“means any thing or animal that is stated to be a prohibited item in the notification in respect of the event under section 22”

prohibited item permit

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 20

“means a permit of that name granted under section 26(4) for a specific prohibited item or a class of prohibited items”

prohibited pesticide

Defined in Control of Plants Act 1993, s 2

“means a pesticide not specified in the Ninth Schedule to the Food Regulations”

prohibited pesticide residue

Defined in Control of Plants Act 1993, s 2

“means the remains of any substance resulting from the use of any prohibited pesticide”

prohibited place

Defined in Official Secrets Act 1935, s 2

“means —(a)any work of defence, arsenal, naval, military or air force establishment, barrack, camp or station, factory, dockyard, mine, minefield, ship or aircraft belonging to or occupied by or on behalf of the armed forces or any …”

prohibited plant

Defined in Control of Plants Act 1993, s 2

“means any plant prohibited under section 17”