In this Part -

"appropriate Minister" means any Minister of the Government - (a) on whom functions stand conferred, or (b) who has general responsibility, in respect of or in connection with a public private partnership arrangement or a State authority;

"company" means a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts;

"equity" means any financial interest resulting from the purchase of shares for a consideration;

"public investment projects" includes projects involving public private partnership arrangements;

"public private partnership arrangement" means a public private partnership arrangement within the meaning of the State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002;

"refinancing" means changing the terms and conditions, obligations and entitlements attached to arrangements for financing public investment projects, including cancelling and replacing such arrangements;