2. In this Order—
“British overseas territory” means a territory as defined in section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981(1) and includes the territories listed in Schedule 6 to that Act;
“Commonwealth country” means a country listed in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981;
“Crown Dependencies” means the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man;
“consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);
“consular employee” means any person in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“consular premises” means the building or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“credit card charges” means the costs incurred in receiving payment by credit card;
“direct costs” means expenses that are incidental to the performance of a service, such as the cost of posting documents to a customer’s home address, but do not include credit card charges;
“entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency, a British overseas territory, a Commonwealth country or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit);
“fast-track service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made;
“fast-track collect service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or by another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made, and which permits the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant to collect the passport in person;
“premium service” in relation to passport applications means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within twenty-four hours of that application having been made;
“premium service” in relation to legalisation means the same day service for the processing by a London legalisation office dedicated for companies, solicitors and notaries of applications made in person;
“standard service” in relation to legalisation means the 24 hour service for the processing by the main legalisation office, whether situated in London or Milton Keynes, or by consular officers at consular posts, of applications made in person and the processing of postal applications within a reasonable time period.