City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002

2 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1957 Act” means the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 (c. x);

• “city” means city of London;

• “occupying”, in relation to any premises, means occupying for relevant purposes by personal physical presence there and, in the case of a qualifying body, includes such occupation—

  (a)

  through a director, officer, employee or agent of that body, or

  (b)

  through a holder of any paid or unpaid office for the performance of whose functions accommodation is being provided by a qualifying body;

• “qualifying body” means a body corporate or an unincorporated body other than a partnership within the meaning of section 1 of the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39);

• “relevant purposes” means the carrying on of any trade, business, profession or other occupation or calling, or the performance of the functions of any paid or unpaid office, being functions for whose performance accommodation is being provided by a qualifying body (whether or not they are functions of that body);

• “workforce”, in relation to a qualifying body, means all those persons whose principal or only place of work on the qualifying date is ordinarily the premises in respect of which that body’s right to appoint voters arises, and who work for that body.

(2) For the purposes of this Act an unincorporated body which is occupying any premises shall be taken to be doing so as owner or tenant whether or not the person who is on its behalf the owner or tenant of those premises is occupying them.

(3) This Act shall be construed as one with Part II of the 1957 Act.