What legal words mean, taken word for word from the Act that defines them. The same word can mean different things in different Acts.
1,496 defined terms in 227 Acts
Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56
“means, any information that can identify a data subject directly or indirectly, by reference to– (a) an identifier such as a name, an identification number, financial data, location data or an online identifier; or (b) one or more factors …”
Read s 56Defined in Prevention of Domestic Violence Act 2005, s 23
“means— (a) an act which constitutes an offence specified in Schedule I; (b) any emotional abuse, committed or caused by a relevant person within the environment of the home or outside and arising out of the personal relationship between …”
Read s 23Defined in Right to Information Act 2016, s 43
“includes any material which is recorded in, in any form including records, documents, memos, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, log books, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, correspondence, memorandum …”
Read s 43Defined in Computer Crime Act 2007, s 38
“means an electronic or similar device having information processing capabilities”
Read s 38Defined in National Minimum Wage of Workers Act 2016, s 14
“means any person who employs or on whose behalf any other person employs, any worker and includes a body of employers (whether such body is a firm, company, local authority or trade union), and any person who on behalf of any other person …”
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