22.There are many defined words and expressions in the Act.
23.Most of the definitions are for the purpose only of the section or Schedule in which they are used.  So, for example, the three words defined in subsections (13), (14) and (15) of section 21 are defined only for the purposes of that section.
24.Where there is no indication that a definition is intended to apply to a group of provisions, a Part of the Act or the Act as a whole, it applies only for the purposes of the section or Schedule in which it appears.
25.Many of these single-provision definitions are just drafting devices to avoid clumsy repetition which would make an already long Act even longer.  For example, in section 38 the word “specified” is used on its own on five occasions.  The definition in subsection (4) is there to save repeating the words “in an exemption order” each time it is used.
26.Some of the words and expressions that are defined just for the purposes of the particular provision in which the definition occurs are used (and defined separately) in other provisions — where they may have a different meaning.  For example “consumers” is defined separately for the purposes of sections 5(3), 10(7), 14(5) and 138(7) (the definition in section 10(7) differing from the others).
27.The Act consists of a large number of separate Parts.  Where a particular Part deals with a self-contained subject there may be a separate interpretation section within the Part (for example section 193, which deals with the interpretation of Part XIII).
28.For the Act as a whole, Part XXIX contains a group of nine sections which deal with expressions used in a number of provisions and other matters which bear on the interpretation of provisions of the Act.
29.The purpose of this glossary is to provide the reader with a guide to words or expressions which are defined generally and so liable to be met in provisions which do not themselves contain the definition.
Interpretation