National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014

25

Interpretation

25. 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;

“State authority” means a body specified in Schedule 3 or prescribed by order under section 29 for the purpose of paragraph 20 of that Schedule.