http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2225/article/2/madeThe Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000Small businessesKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2012-09-12CONTRACTS This Order brings into force the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, in relation to commercial contracts for the supply of goods or services where the supplier is a small business and the purchaser is the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, the Metropolitan Police Authority or the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (Article 3). This is the third commencement order. 2 1 In this Order— a “small business supplier” means a supplier, not being a United Kingdom public authority, whose business is a small business; b “a United Kingdom public authority” means an authority falling within Schedule 1 to the first commencement order, the Schedule to the second commencement order or the Schedule to this Order; c “the first commencement order” means the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998; d “the second commencement order” means the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999. 2 For the purposes of this Order, a business is a small business if the number of full-time employees employed in the business is 50 or fewer when calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 to the first commencement order. S.I. 1998/2479. S.I. 1999/1816.