Interpretation
2. In this Order: -
"Debt" means any debt due from a person, corporation, firm or association (other than a United Kingdom national) resident in the territory or from a public authority in the territory, and includes:-
(a) a balance held at a bank in the territory;
(b)
(c)
a pension due from a person, corporation, firm or association (other than a United Kingdom national) resident in the territory or a public authority in the territory, except a pension in respect of which the person by or on whose behalf the application under this Order is made is actually in receipt of payments by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, whether by way of ex gratia loan or
otherwise;
a bond or other document of title in respect of a loan or obligation issued or guaranteed by a public authority in the territory except one denominated in a currency other than
the yuan;
(a) a claim for unliquidated damages;
"Material time" means any time at which it is material for the purposes of this Order whether or not a person is a United Kingdom
national;
"Predecessor in title" means any person from whom, whether directly or indirectly, the person by or on whose behalf the application under this Order is made has succeeded, whether by assignment or otherwise, to the property to which the application relates;
"Property" includes all rights or interests of any kind in property, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, and includes a debt;
"The territory" means the territory which is on the date on which this Order comes into operation controlled by the authorities of the People's Republic of China;
"United Kingdom national" means
(a) Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the
Government of any territory for whose international relations Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are responsible;
(b)
any individual who was at the material time a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a British subject by virtue of section 2, 13 or 16 of the British Nationality
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