(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
"the Act of 1963" means the Companies Act, 1963;
"the Companies Acts" means the Act of 1963 and every enactment (including these and other Regulations made under the European Communities Act, 1972) which is to be construed as one with that Act;
"company" means a public limited company, within the meaning of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983, or a body corporate to which certain provisions of the Act of 1963 are applied by section 377(1) of that Act;
"director", in relation to a company which is being wound up, means liquidator;
"division" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 24;
"merger" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 4;
"Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
"Regulations of 2007" means the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 277 of 2007).
(2) In these Regulations a reference to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be constr