The Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2008

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“Core Competence” means the ability to provide or manage installations, buildings or services required for a nuclear submarine or a nuclear reactor and the ability to do one or more of the following—

(a)

design and build a nuclear submarine and integrate its equipment and systems;

(b)

design and build a nuclear reactor;

(c)

provide or manage the repair and maintenance of a nuclear submarine and a nuclear reactor; or

(d)

provide or manage the removal of a nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactor fuel and other radioactive material from a nuclear submarine;

“equipment” means an item or items required for the construction or operation of a nuclear submarine but does not include any weapon;

“joint buying agreement” means an agreement between two or more Submarine Enterprise Collaboration Participants for the joint purchase of goods or services;

“nuclear reactor” means a nuclear reactor for a nuclear submarine;

“nuclear submarine” means a submarine developed or manufactured for the Secretary of State where that submarine is powered by a nuclear steam raising plant;

“Submarine Enterprise Collaboration Participant” means a person satisfying the criteria in article 3;

“systems” means assemblies of equipment that are to be integrated into a nuclear submarine.