Part 2Freezing Orders
Interpretation
9 Nationals and residents
(1)
A national of the United Kingdom is an individual who is—
(a)
a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,
(b)
a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject, or
(c)
a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.
(2)
A resident of the United Kingdom is—
(a)
an individual who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom,
(b)
a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or
(c)
a Scottish partnership.
(3)
A resident of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom is—
(a)
an individual who is ordinarily resident in such a country or territory, or
(b)
a body incorporated under the law of such a country or territory.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) a branch situated in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom of—
(a)
a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or
(b)
a Scottish partnership,
is to be treated as a body incorporated under the law of the country or territory where the branch is situated.
(5)
This section applies for the purposes of this Part.