erpretation
2.
In this Order:-
"External bond" means a bond or 'other document of title in
respect of a loan or obligation issued or guaranteed by a public authority in the territory in a currency other than the yuan;
"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;
"Property" includes all rights or interests of any kind in
property, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, and includes:-
(a) a balance held at a bank in the territory;
(b) a pension due from a person, corporation, firm or association (other than a United Kingdom national) resident in the territory, except a pension in respect of which the individual is actually in receipt of payments by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, whether by way of ex gratia loan or otherwise;
(c) any other debt, except a debt to which an external
bond relates, due from a person, corporation, firm or
association (other than a United Kingdom national) resident
in the territory;
"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 Act 1948 (a) or the British Nationality Act 1965 (b), a British protected person within the meaning of the said Act of 1948 or a
(a) 1948c. 55.
(b) 1965 c. 34.
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