Queensland Competition Authority or QCA means the authority established under the Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997 (Qld).
Competition Authority means any Governmental Authority or other competition or antitrust body or other authority, in any jurisdiction, which is responsible for applying merger control or other competition or antitrust legislation in such jurisdiction, including the notion of “competent authority” as that term is used in the EC Merger Regulation;
Data Protection Authority means an independent public authority that is legally tasked with overseeing compliance with applicable data protection laws.
education authority means a government department, a local authority as defined in section 579 of the Education Act 1996 (interpretation), a local education authority as defined in section 123 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, an education and library board established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, any body which is a research council for the purposes of the Science and Technology Act 1965 or any analogous government department, authority, board or body, of the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or any other country outside Great Britain;
Taxation Authority means any national, local municipal, governmental, state, federal or fiscal, revenue, customs or excise authority, body, agency or official anywhere in the world having, or purporting to have power or authority in relation to Tax.
Resolution Authority means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Certification Authority means an entity that certifies the generation, characteristics or Delivery of a REC, or the qualification of a Renewable Energy Facility or Renewable Energy Source under an Applicable Program, may include, as applicable, the Administrator, a GIS, a Governmental Authority, the Verification Provider, one or both of the Parties, an independent auditor, or other third party, and should include (i) if no Applicable Program is specified, the Seller, or the generator of the RECs if the Seller is not the generator, (ii) if the RECs are to be Delivered pursuant to an Applicable Program, the Administrator of the Applicable Program, or such other person or entity specified by the Applicable Program to perform Certification, or (iii) such other person or entity specified by the Parties.
Aviation Authority means the FAA or any Government Entity which under the Laws of the U.S. from time to time has control over civil aviation or the registration, airworthiness or operation of aircraft in the U.S. If the Aircraft is registered in a country other than the U.S., "Aviation Authority" means the agency which regulates civil aviation in such other country.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Relevant UK Resolution Authority means any authority with the ability to exercise a UK Bail-in Power.
UK Resolution Authority means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Relevant Resolution Authority means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the relevant BRRD Party.
Registration Authority or “RA” means an entity approved by a CA to assist Certificate Applicants in applying for Certificates, and to approve or reject Certificate Applications, revoke Certificates, or renew Certificates.
EEA Agreement means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
Authority or Housing Authority (HA means the Housing Authority.
EEA migrant worker (“gweithiwr mudol AEE”) means an EEA national who is a worker, other than an EEA frontier worker, in the United Kingdom;
Contracting Government means any Government which has deposited an instrument of ratification or has given notice of adherence to this Convention.
Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) means the Government Agency responsible for oversight of public procurement.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EU means the European Union.
Competition Act Approval means, in respect of the Arrangement, the occurrence of one of the following:
Authority Data means a) the data, text, drawings, diagrams, images or sounds (together with any database made up of any of these) which are embodied in any electronic, magnetic, optical or tangible media, and which are:
Relevant Governmental Body means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
Governmental Antitrust Authority has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(b).
previous planning legislation means any planning legislation that is repealed by the Act or the provincial legislation;
MEC for local government means the member of the Executive Council of a province who is responsible for local government in that province;
Contracting Authority means any contracting authority as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.