(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference in Parts 2 to 14 to a company is a reference to a private company limited by shares.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to the construction of -
(a) the expression "holding company", where that expression is used without qualification, in Parts 2 to 14; or
(b) any related expression, where used without qualification, in those Parts.