"United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their adjacent territorial waters, but not the Isle of Man, nor the Channel Islands, whose independent status was discussed in "Rover International Ltd. v Canon Film Sales Ltd." (1987) 1 WLR 1597 and "Chloride Industrial Batteries Ltd. v F. & W. Freight Ltd." (1989) 1 WLR 823.
Понятие не охватывает ни остров Мэн (the Isle of Man), ни Нормандские острова (Channel Islands), чей независимый статус рассматривался в судебных делах Rover International Ltd. v Canon Film Sales Ltd. (1987) 1 WLR 1597 и Chloride Industrial Batteries Ltd. v F. & W. Freight Ltd. (1989) 1 WLR 823.