In sub-paragraph (2), and in Part 4 of this Schedule except where the context otherwise requires, “scheme” means a scheme under paragraph 1(1), 2(1) or 3(1).

In this Schedule—

• “enactment” includes an enactment—

  1. a

     contained in an instrument made under an Act, or

  2. b

     contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

• F1 “the statutory home civil service” means the civil service (excluding Her Majesty's diplomatic service) within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (see section 1(4) of that Act);

• “subsidiary” and “wholly-owned subsidiary” have the meaning given by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6);

• “transferee”, in relation to a scheme, means a person who is a transferee in respect of property, rights or liabilities for whose transfer the scheme provides (or the person in whose favour any interest or right is created pursuant to paragraph 4);

• “transferor”, in relation to a scheme, means the person for the transfer of whose property, rights or liabilities the scheme provides (or the person by whom any interest or right is created pursuant to paragraph 4).

References in this Schedule to a right or to an entitlement to a right include references to an entitlement to exercise a right; and, accordingly, references to a right's arising include references to its becoming exercisable.