(a) an authorised person entitled to carry on the relevant reserved instrument activities in accordance with the regulatory arrangements of the relevant approved regulator or licensing authority, as the case may be, (b) an individual or body who employs, or being a body has among its managers, at least one authorised person entitled to carry on the relevant reserved instrument activities and who will carry on or direct and supervise the carrying on of the relevant reserved instrument activities as such employee or manager, in accordance with the regulatory arrangements of the relevant approved regulator or licensing authority, as the case may be, or (c) a person who carries on the relevant reserved instrument activities in the course of that person's duty as a public officer.

a barrister;

A dBW is a convenient unit to express a power in relation to a reference level of 1 Watt. dBW= 10*log (Power in Watts) Watts = 10^(dBW/10)

A regulated investment which is a type of contract of general insurance.

in relation to a genetically modified organism, means any other organism whose genes or other genetic material is derived, through any number of generations, from that organism by any process of reproduction

means: a service within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 which is of any the following kinds: ? online market place ? online search engine ? cloud computing service

A digital signature is an electronic signature produced using encryption technology. It is therefore a sub-category of electronic signature. Computer code representing the digital signature is inserted into, or attached to, the document being signed and serves as the electronic signature.

This word has a specific meaning within the CPR. Under CPR 31.4 it is defined as 'anything in which information of any description is stored'.

A policy that states how long a document is kept for and what happens to it once that period has expired.

Concerned entirely with national or domestic issues, and all aspects of the arbitration proceedings relate to a single jurisdiction. For example, a commercial dispute between two English companies concerning a domestic supply contract governed by English law, seated in London, and conducted ad hoc in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This practical guidance relates to the pre-Procurement Act 2023 regime This Practice Note contains guidance relevant to public procurement exercises commenced before the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) came into force on 24 February 2025. In-scope procurements begun on or after this date are governed by PA 2023. Under the transitional and savings provisions for PA 2023, the previous public procurement regimes continue to apply to the extent necessary to allow contracting authorities to complete and manage procurements commenced before PA 2023 came into force (ie ongoing procurements). This Practice Note should be read in that context. For background reading, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. Further practical guidance on PA 2023 is set out in a separate subtopic, see: Procurement Act 2023—overview. PCR 2015 as assimilated law The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102 are EU-derived domestic legislation and therefore assimilated law under sections 2 and 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. For practical guidance

often used to describe a broader concept of applying computer technology not only to the buying and selling of goods, digital content or services, but also to internal processes within a business such as knowledge management and human resources.