Defined terms: O

O slip road 3
oath 5
objection 13
objection notice 4
objections 4
Objective 1 6
Objective 1 Achievement Notice 3
Objective 2 3
objective of the energy administration 3
objectives 5
objector 13
obligation 23
obligation period 8
observer 8
obstacle 3
Obstacle limitation surfaces 4
obstruction 9
occasional use 3
occupancy rights 3
occupation 11
occupation contract 11
occupational pension 16
occupational pension scheme 97
occupied 5
occupier 107
OECD 5
OEP 3
OER 3
of Community interest 4
of national interest 4
OFCOM 163
OFCOM’s bank account 9
off mode 3
off site employee 16
off-slip road 28
off-the-shelf firm 3
offal 5
offence 72
offence A 9
offence against a child 5
offence B 3
offence triable either way 3
offence under this Act, 3
Offending material 4
offensive weapon 25
offer 9
offer notice 3
offer period 4
offer to the public 3
offering 4
offeror 9
office 31
office hours 5
Office of Fair Trading 3
Office of Rail and Road 4
office of Revenue and Customs 5
office premises 6
office purposes 6
office-holder 23
office-holder in the Scottish Administration 5
officer 337
officer concerned 14
officer member 270
officer of a body 3
officer of Customs and Excise 11
officer of law 3
Officer of Revenue and Customs 11
officer of the forces 3
officer of the Service 6
officers 6
Offices 5
official 34
official activities 11
official alternative route 3
official auxiliary 6
official certificate 3
official computer system 30
official control 6
official controls 11
official controls charge 3
official duty 5
official error 23
official examination 3
official form 3
Official Journal 11
official label 3
official mark 3
official notification 13
official pension 18
official rate 5
official receiver 7
Official Record 5
official representation 3
official testing station 3
official veterinarian 11
official veterinary surgeon 8
offshore 5
offshore activities 9
offshore area 9
offshore employment 4
offshore exploration licence 12
offshore fund 12
offshore generating station 3
offshore hydrogen production 3
offshore industrial activities 4
offshore installation 48
offshore licence 4
offshore licensee 4
offshore marine installation 4
offshore order limits and grid coordinates plan 3
offshore production licence 12
offshore terminal 6
offshore transmission 3
offshore transmission licence 5
offshore undertaking 3
offshore waters 25
Ofqual 8
OfS 11
oil 23
Oil and gas activities 3
oil and gas exploration and appraisal 3
oil company 3
oil extraction activities 5
oil field 15
oil fuel unit 3
oil licence 3
oil processing facility 4
oil processing operations 5
oil rights 4
oil tanker 4
old age pension 9
old authorities 4
old award 13
old committee 3
old employer 5
old expenditure 3
old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers 3
old hereditament 7
old licence 3
old mining permission 4
old pressure receptacle 3
old register 6
old securities 5
old service pension 3
old shares 8
old state scheme pension credit 4
old state scheme pension debit 3
old style ESA 4
old style ESA award 3
old style JSA 6
old style JSA award 3
old system student 4
old water supply licence 6
old water supply licensee 5
OMP 8
on a consolidated basis 5
on a separate occasion 9
on land 4
on-demand programme service 8
on-line request 3
on-site mixing 5
on-slip road 30
ONE 4
one year 12
online marketplace 9
online portal 3
online safety functions 3
online UK Visas and Immigration account 3
onsite habitat 5
onward transfer 5
OOH day 4
open 11
open access childcare 3
open country 4
open space 26
open-ended investment company 28
opening balance 7
operate 7
operated 3
operates 6
operating air carrier 3
operating centre 12
operating costs 3
operating department practitioner 3
operating expenditure 3
operating licence 10
operating services 3
operating site 5
operating staff 7
operating weight 3
operation 19
operational date 396
operational land 17
operational phase 4
operations 6
operator 355
Operator register of members 5
operator's licence 3
operator’s licence 7
ophthalmic list 11
ophthalmic medical practitioner 3
ophthalmic performers list 3
ophthalmic practitioner 4
opt out 3
opt-in notice 8
opt-out notice 16
opted-out 3
opted-out service decision-maker 5
opted-out service election 5
Optical switching 3
optician 3
option 22
option date 4
option notice 5
option proportion 3
optional remuneration arrangements 3
optional requirement 3
optometrist 5
optometrist independent prescriber 7
or (2) 8
or (3) 3
or on any emergency refuge area which is adjacent to that carriageway or hard shoulder 7
or the referendum 5
or thereabouts 3
or, in case of difference, as shall be authorised by two justices 33
Oral Appeal 5
oral hearing 3
orbital activities 3
orchestral concert 3
order date 4
order for financial provision 4
order for financial relief 3
order for further detention 6
order for possession 5
Order land 59
order of committal 3
order proposal 6
order requiring discontinuance of use or alteration or removal of buildings or works 3
order revoking or modifying planning permission 3
Order rights 3
Ordinance 3
ordinarily resident 4
ordinary administration application 5
ordinary adoption leave 11
ordinary application 4
ordinary clothing and footwear 6
ordinary clothing or footwear 14
ordinary committee 3
ordinary day of election of councillors 4
ordinary duration 5
ordinary election 4
ordinary maintenance requirement 4
ordinary maternity leave 14
ordinary member 10
ordinary members 6
ordinary post 4
ordinary resolution 6
ordinary share capital 10
ordinary shares 9
ordinary statutory paternity pay 3
ordinary trade debt 4
ordinary watercourse 27
Ordnance Survey map 3
ORE 3
org 4
organ 4
organic 4
organic product 3
organic production 4
organisation 57
organised grouping of resources or employees 3
organised trading facility 9
organiser 10
Organising Committee 6
organism 9
origin 4
original 8
original approval 8
original capacity 4
original course 7
original deadline 4
original hearing 5
original lender 5
original listing date 6
original master version 5
original notification 6
original package 4
original period 4
original planning permission to which the section 73 planning permission relates 3
original proceedings 5
original producer 3
original replacement pollution control device 3
original return date 4
original tenancy 5
originating 4
originating application 4
originating events 6
originating goods 3
originator 8
orphan medicinal product 3
orphan source 4
orphan's benefit 4
orphan’s benefit 4
ORR 6
orthodontic appliance 4
orthodontic course of treatment 3
orthodontic treatment 4
osteopath 6
OTA 1975 13
OTF 4
other 11
other assets 4
Other Bodies 5
other business 3
other captive bird 8
other competent authority 3
other feature 3
other fermented product 4
other financial institution 4
other health care professionals 6
Other interested parties 3
Other legal services 3
other member State 3
other nuclear reactor 3
other OFFC authorities 3
other official activities 3
other party 31
other police force 3
other property 3
Other receipts 3
Other relevant information 3
other relevant land 7
other relevant proceedings 28
other reserves 3
other similar remuneration 3
other smoking tobacco 3
others 3
out of hours 6
out of hours arrangement 6
out of hours period 13
Out of Hours Regulations 4
out of hours services 8
out-of-contract contract 3
out-of-scope 4
outbuilding 3
outer clothing 3
outer packaging 4
outer space 3
outgoing dutyholder 3
outline application 4
outline battery safety management plan 3
outline code of construction practice 4
outline construction environment management plan 3
outline construction environmental management plan 6
outline construction traffic management plan 12
outline design principles 3
outline drainage strategy 6
outline fall-back proposals 6
outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan 3
outline landscape and ecological management plan 4
outline landscape and ecology management plan 3
outline lighting strategy 5
outline marine mammal mitigation protocol 3
outline offshore operations and maintenance plan 3
outline planning permission 14
outline public rights of way management plan 3
outline statement 7
Output 3
output tax 7
outputs 4
outside devolved competence 4
outside England enforcement authority 3
outside person 5
outstanding 8
outturn statement 10
over the counter transaction 7
over-calculation 3
overall length 5
overall limit of extra pension 3
overall width 3
overexposure 3
overgrazing 3
overpaid 3
overpayment 19
overpayment period 4
oversea company 3
overseas 5
overseas arrangement 7
overseas authority 8
overseas company 11
overseas countries and territories 3
overseas country 7
overseas dividend 4
overseas elector’s declaration 7
overseas entity 8
overseas entity ID 3
overseas exporter 4
overseas institution 9
overseas insurance undertaking 5
overseas investment exchange 7
overseas jurisdiction 3
overseas life assurance business 3
overseas life insurance company 5
overseas operations 4
overseas pension scheme 5
overseas person 8
overseas police force 3
overseas policeman 3
overseas proceedings 3
overseas producer 3
overseas property business 5
overseas provider 3
overseas qualification 5
overseas registration authority 3
overseas registration information 3
overseas regulator 8
overseas regulatory authority 5
overseas reinsurance undertaking 5
overseas relationship 4
overseas scheme 6
overseas securities 5
overseas service 3
overseas tax 4
overseas territories 10
overseas territory 9
overseas visitor 3
oversight functions 3
oversubscription criteria 4
overturned notice 3
overview and scrutiny committee 8
own funds 8
owned 12
owned or controlled directly or indirectly 38
owned, held or controlled 35
owner 456
owner-occupied premises 3
owner-occupier 11
owners 5
ownership 7
owner’s interest 7
owns 4
oyster 3
the occupiers 6
the occurrence 8
the offender 42
the Official Control Regulations 3
the Official Controls Regulation 16
The official exchange rate 3
the official map 3
the Offshore Funds Regulations 3
the offshore marine area 5
the OFT 21
the OGA 22
the OIE 3
the Oil Act 16
the Oil Taxation Acts 6
the OLC 4
the old agreement 4
the old amount 3
the old appeals provisions 4
the old arrangement 3
the old asset 4
the old assets 3
the old authority 8
the old building 3
the Old Cases Act 5
the old company 8
the old contract 4
the old definition 6
the old dwelling 3
the old FTs 4
the old group 5
the old law 17
the old lease 4
the old offence 3
the old participator 6
the old provision 7
the old Regulation 3
the old Regulations 6
the old scheme 15
the old service 5
the old tenancy 3
the old Trust 161
the old trustees 4
the Ombudsman 22
the ombudsman scheme 4
the ONR 15
the onward gift 3
the onward transferee 3
the open space land 5
the opening date 6
the operational context 3
the operational period 4
the operative date 63
the operative day 3
the operative modification date 3
the operative time 10
the operators 3
the Ophthalmic Regulations 7
the Optical Regulations 10
the option day 3
the Order limits 125
the Order plans 6
the ordinary course of business 3
the ordinary day of election 20
the ordinary voting rights 8
the original amount 11
the original apparatus 3
the original applicant 8
the original application 26
the original asset 4
the original award 5
the original benefit 3
the original charge 6
the original claim 7
the original contract 7
the original court 5
the original date of expiry 6
the original debt 3
the original disposal 3
the original fingerprints 7
the original gain 3
the original hereditament 6
the original holding 9
the original holding company 3
the original issue 3
the original land 3
the original landlord 6
the original lease 5
the original levy 3
the original notice 17
the original occupier 3
the original option 3
the original owner 4
the original payment 5
the original pension 6
the original pension scheme 3
the original property 5
the original proposals 3
the original recipient 7
the original report 3
the original representations 3
the original rights 3
the original sale 3
the original scheme pension 3
the original security 3
the original sentence 4
the original shares 11
the original supplier 5
the original transfer 6
the original transferee 3
the original value 3
the originating authority 4
the ostensible supplier 3
the other authority 5
the other body 3
the other company 3
the other Contracting State 14
the other court 3
the other legislation 3
the other Licensees 5
the other person 12
the other proceedings 6
the other Territory 5
the outstanding amount 17
the overall maximum recoverable amount 7
the overall period of study 4
the overlapping period 5
the overseas part 3
the owners and any occupiers 9
the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulation 3