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8c. 30 SCHEDULE 1 Note: The years or dates which follow certain entries in this Schedule are relevant for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (application to existing enactments). Definitions “Associated state” means a territory maintaining a status of association with the United Kingdom in accordance with the West Indies Act 1967. [16th February 1967]

“Bank of England” means, as the context requires, the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or the bank of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England.

“Bank of Ireland” means, as the context requires, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland or the bank of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.

“British Islands” means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. [1889]

“British possession” means any part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom; and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature are deemed, for the purposes of this definition, to be one British possession. [1889]

“British subject” and “Commonwealth citizen” have the same meaning, that is—
 * (a) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1948 is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or who under any enactment for the time being in force in a country mentioned in section 1(3) of that Act is a citizen of that country; and
 * (b) any other person who has the status of a British subject under that Act or any subsequent enactment.

“Building regulations”, in relation to England and Wales, means regulations made under section 61(1) of the Public Health Act 1936.

“Central funds”, in an enactment providing in relation to England and Wales for the payment of costs out of central funds, means money provided by Parliament.

“Charity Commissioners” means the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales referred to in section 1 of the Charities Act 1960.

“Church Commissioners” means the Commissioners constituted by the Church Commissioners Measure 1947.