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Term	Definition	Country	Citation/Link
qi	the lowest value of q that is permitted for the heat meter to function correctly;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 1270
qp	the highest value of q that is permitted permanently for the heat meter to function correctly;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 1270
qs	the highest value of q that is permitted for short periods of time for the heat meter to function correctly;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 1270
quadrennial defense review	the review of the defense programs and policies of the United States that is carried out every four years under section 118 of title 10.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
quadricycle	a motor vehicle as described in class 7 of this Schedule;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 282
quadriplegia	the complete and irreversible paralysis of all four limbs.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualification accreditation number	the number assigned to a pupil’s learning aim by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 2601
qualification award certificate	a certificate which certifies that the person to whom it has been issued has been awarded the Safe Road User Award;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 1203
qualification day	the last day of a qualification year;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 768
qualification documentation	the documentation in respect of the qualification stage of a tender exercise issued in accordance with regulation 8(1);	United Kingdom	2012 No. 2414
qualification level learning	a first qualification at Level 3 or above on the Qualifications and Credit Framework, a first vocational qualification which is the equivalent of the preceding qualification, a first undergraduate degree (including a foundation degree), a first Higher National Certificate, a first Higher National Diploma or such other equivalent qualifications in respect of which qualifying persons may claim tuition fees;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 2281
qualification measures	measures taken or arrangements made to ensure that the certification ground to which his application relates applies in his case;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 155
qualification number	the unique reference number allocated to qualifications on the register to identify that qualification;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 1963 (W. 217)
qualification questionnaire	a questionnaire of that description published by the competent authority in accordance with regulation 8(1);	United Kingdom	2012 No. 2414
qualification requirement	the requirement on page 31 of the Document which provides that “in registered settings other than childminding settings, all supervisors and managers must hold a full and relevant level 3 qualification (as defined by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)) and half of all other staff must hold a full and relevant level 2 qualification (as defined by CWDC)”;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 1953
qualification to tender questionnaire	a questionnaire of that description published by the Authority in accordance with regulation 13(2);	United Kingdom	2010 No. 1903
qualifications	diplomas, certificates and other evidence (of formal qualification) issued by an authority designated pursuant to legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions and certifying successful completion of professional training.	European Union	22008A1030(01)
qualification	a qualification to undertake an audit of individual accounts and group accounts in so far as required by Community law.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/si/02...
qualification	evidence of having attained a stated level of education or proficiency;	Singapore	Cap. 87, RG 1
qualified Canadian transit organization	a person authorised, under a law of Canada or a province, to carry on in Canada a business that is the provision of public commuter transit services, which is carried on through a permanent establishment (as defined by regulation) in Canada.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualified Indian lands	land which is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified Indian tribe	an Indian tribe as defined in section 450b(e) of title 25, which owns and controls 100 per centum of a small business concern.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified United States joint venture person	a joint venture in which a United States person or persons owns at least 51 percent of the assets of the joint venture;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified adult	a person in respect of whom an increase of benefit specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) in the definition of “pensioner” was being paid at the time of death, or in respect of whom that increase would have been payable but for the receipt by the qualified adult of an old age (non-contributory) pension, a blind pension or a carer's allowance in his or her own right;	Ireland	Number 26 of 2005
qualified agricultural countermeasure	an agricultural countermeasure that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, determines to be a priority in order to address an agricultural biosecurity threat.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified agricultural loan	a loan made to finance the production of agricultural products or livestock in the United States, a loan secured by farmland or farm machinery, or such other category of loans as the appropriate Federal banking agency may deem eligible.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified applicant	a person who made less than $40 per hour at the person's last employment before becoming unemployed.	United States	LABOR CODE - Title 4 - Chapter
qualified bidder	a person the Secretary determines is seeking to purchase helium for their own use, refining, or redelivery to users.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified blood collector vehicle	a vehicle at least 80 percent of the use of which during the prior taxable period was by a qualified blood collector organization in the collection, storage, or transportation of blood.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified building	a building constructed to be used for the purpose of a trade, business, profession or vocation, other than to be used as a dwelling house by an executive officer employed in that trade, business, profession or vocation;	Sri Lanka	10 of 2006
qualified business	a business that complies with this section at the time of a certified capital company's first investment in the business.	United States	INSURANCE CODE - Title 3 - Cha
qualified certificate	a certificate which meets the requirements in Schedule 1 and is provided by a certification-service-provider who fulfils the requirements in Schedule 2;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 318
qualified charitable remainder trust	a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable remainder unitrust (described in section 664).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified child	a person who is ordinarily resident in the State, is not detained in a reformatory or an industrial school and is under the age of 18 years or is of or over that age and under the age of 22 years and is attending a course of study within the meaning of section 148(3).	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/01...
qualified claimant	a person who causes biofuel to be used as motor fuel in a generator to produce electricity.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 2065
qualified claimant	a person who causes qualifying oil to be used to produce electricity in a generating station or combined heat and power station;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 3320
qualified conservation loan	a loan, the proceeds of which are used to cover the costs to the borrower of carrying out a qualified conservation project.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified conservation project	conservation measures that address provisions of a conservation plan of the eligible borrower.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified constable	a constable of a police force who qualifies under paragraph (2).	United Kingdom	1996 No. 3232 (S. 244)
qualified consumer	a consumer served by an eligible entity that has the ability to repay a loan made under subsection (d), as determined by the eligible entity.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified contribution	any transfer of property to a qualified organization if the use of the property by the organization is related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for its exemption under section 501.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified covered veteran	a veteran described in section 4212(a)(3) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified debt	“almost all” or “nearly all” of the proceeds, and a Borrower will satisfy this standard where it used at least 85% of the proceeds of the existing debt to acquire an Eligible Fixed Asset. The remaining 15% of the proceeds must also have been incurred for the benefit of the small business. In implementing these requirements, SBA will require the Borrower to certify that the existing debt satisfies these requirements, and will require the Third Party Lender to certify that it has no reason to believe that the existing debt does not satisfy these requirements. In addition, SBA may require, on a random basis, for a borrower and/or lender to submit additional documentation supporting the substantially all assertion. SBA is also amending 13 CFR 120.882(e)(1) to incorporate this criteria, and to make the existing debt refinancing program involving expansions consistent with this new debt refinancing program.	United States	76 FR 9213
qualified deck officer	an officer of the deck department who is qualified in accordance with regulation 4(3);	Singapore	Cap. 179, RG 1
qualified designated entity	an organization or person designated under paragraph (2).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified dietitian	a member of, or a person who holds a qualification that is recognised by, the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/04...
qualified educational programming source	all annual costs incurred by the programming source to produce or acquire programs which are scheduled to be televised, and specifically excludes marketing, promotion, satellite transmission and operational costs, and general administrative costs.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified electors	every person who, in relation to the area of the dwelling houses in question, is registered as a local government elector in the register of local government electors for the time being in force.	Ireland	Number 30 of 2000
qualified employer	a small employer that elects to make all full-time employees of such employer eligible for 1 or more qualified health plans offered in the small group market through an Exchange that offers qualified health plans.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified energy conservation measure	a cost effective measure, as identified by the Administrator in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, that increases the efficiency of the use of electricity provided by an electric utility to its customers.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified entity	a body which may conduct certification tasks under the control and the responsibility of the Agency;	European Union	32002R1592
qualified entity	a nonprofit corporation, association, or institution that has demonstrated special knowledge of, and experience with, the education of low-income and first generation college students and whose primary mission is the operation of national programs that focus on low-income students and provide training and other services to educators.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified exchange property	real property which is to be used for the qualified use set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(2) under which the real property exchanged therefor originally qualified under subsection (a).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified expenditure	an expenditure that is a qualified expenditure for the purposes of this section.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/07t11
qualified expert	an individual qualified by education or experience to conduct geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys, as the case may be.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified family	a family having an income described in subsection (b)(1) of this section.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified fireman	a person in whose case this Part applies.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 210
qualified first tier tax	any first tier tax imposed by subchapter A, C, D, or G of this chapter, except that such term shall not include the tax imposed by section 4941(a) (relating to initial tax on self-dealing).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified folio	a folio qualified as to title;	Singapore	Cap. 157
qualified foreign government security	a security that is a direct obligation of, or that is fully guaranteed by, the central government of a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (as determined by regulation or order adopted by the appropriate Federal banking authority).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified household	a household that is determined by a housing authority to be qualified for social housing support;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/00...
qualified housing project	residential real estate that is intended to primarily benefit lower income people throughout the period of the investment.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified hydroelectric facility	a turbine or other generating device owned or solely operated by a non-Federal entity which generates hydroelectric energy for sale and which is added to an existing dam or conduit.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified in occupational health medicine	holding a diploma in occupational medicine (D Occ Med) or an equivalent qualification issued by a competent authority in an EEA State (which has the meaning given by the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995(34) or being an Associate, a Member or a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine or an equivalent institution of an EEA State.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 352
qualified individual	“an individual who is (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary)—(A) an estrogen-deficient woman at clinical risk for osteoporosis; (B) an individual with vertebral abnormalities; (C) an individual receiving long-term glucocorticoid steroid therapy; (D) an individual with primary hyperparathyroidism; or (E) an individual being monitored to assess the responsive to or efficacy of an approved osteoporosis drug therapy.” Therefore, we believe a change in the Medicare statute would be required in order for us to cover these additional categories of individuals under the BMM benefit.	United States	71 FR 69624
qualified industry organization	the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor association of such associations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified institution	an educational institution accredited for payment by the Veterans' Administration under chapter 36 of title 38, or a State-accredited institution which has been in existence for not less than 2 years.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified insurers agreement	an agreement in such terms as the PII Committee may from time to time designate setting out the terms and conditions on which a qualified insurer may provide qualifying insurance to firms in the State during the suspended period;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/04...
qualified interest	an interest for which a deduction is allowable under subsection (a).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified investments	investments of a kind which life-insurance companies are permitted to invest in or hold under the provisions of the Code of the District of Columbia as heretofore or hereafter amended, and such other investments as the Commission shall by rule, regulation, or order authorize as qualified investments. Such investments shall be valued in accordance with the provisions of said Code where such provisions are applicable. Investments to which such provisions do not apply shall be valued in accordance with such rules, regulations, or orders as the Commission shall prescribe for the protection of investors.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified investor scheme	a fund, authorised by the Financial Services Authority, in which a statement that the fund is a qualified investor scheme is included in the instrument constituting the scheme.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 3159
qualified investors	persons or entities that are described in points (1) to (4) of Section I of Annex II to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments (8), and persons or entities who are, on request, treated as professional clients in accordance with Annex II to Directive 2004/39/EC, or recognised as eligible counterparties in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2004/39/EC unless they have requested that they be treated as non-professional clients. Investment firms and credit institutions shall communicate their classification on request to the issuer without prejudice to the relevant legislation on data protection. Investment firms authorised to continue considering existing professional clients as such in accordance with Article 71(6) of Directive 2004/39/EC shall be authorised to treat those clients as qualified investors under this Directive;	European Union	32010L0073
qualified issuer	a community development financial institution (or any entity designated to issue notes or bonds on behalf of such community development financial institution) that meets the qualification requirements of this paragraph.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified marine engineer officer	a marine engineer officer who is qualified in accordance with regulation 4(3);	Singapore	Cap. 179, RG 1
qualified medical doctor	a person who is recognised as such by, and who (for the purposes of sub-paragraph 4(b) of Standard A4.1 (medical care on board ship and ashore) of the MLC) has the qualifications required by, the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 1613
qualified member	a member of a police force who qualifies under paragraph (2).	United Kingdom	1996 No. 699
qualified methanol or ethanol fuel	any liquid at least 85 percent of which consists of methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol produced from coal (including peat).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified minority programming source	a programming source which devotes substantially all of its programming to coverage of minority viewpoints, or to programming directed at members of minority groups, and which is over 50 percent minority-owned, as the term "minority" is defined in section 309(i)(3)(C)(ii) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified mortgage lender	a mortgage or hypothecary lender that has been designated under section 10.	Canada	S.C. 2011, c. 15, s. 20
qualified motor vehicle operating agreement	any agreement with respect to a motor vehicle (including a trailer) which meets the requirements of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified national organization representing handler interests	an organization that the Secretary certifies as being eligible to recommend nominations for the Committee handler, handler-importer, alternate handler, and alternate handler-importer members of the Honey Board under section 4606(b) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified national organization representing importer interests	an organization that the Secretary certifies as being eligible to recommend nominations for the Committee importer, handler-importer, alternate importer, and alternate handler-importer members of the Honey Board under section 4606(b) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified organization	a public or private nonprofit organization with experience working with school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified owner	a person who is a qualified owner by virtue of a relationship to Singapore under the definition of “qualified person” in section 2.	Singapore	Cap. 159A
qualified payment	any dividend payable on a periodic basis under any cumulative preferred stock (or a comparable payment under any partnership interest) to the extent that such dividend (or comparable payment) is determined at a fixed rate.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified person	a citizen of Singapore or a person resident in Singapore;	Singapore	Cap. 63
qualified person	a mechanical or automotive engineer, an automotive assessor or a person with similar qualifications who, in the opinion of the Garda Commissioner, by reason of his or her competence, experience and independence, is an appropriate person to assess the fitness of a mechanically propelled vehicle.".	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/02...
qualified police trainee	a police trainee who qualifies under paragraph (2).	United Kingdom	2001 No. 369
qualified political committee	a national or State committee of a political party, the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees, the Democratic National Congressional Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified position	a position, designated by the Secretary for the purpose of this section, in which the incumbent performs, manages, or supervises functions that execute the responsibilities of the Department relating to cybersecurity.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified practitioner	a person qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 448
qualified property	property subject to the lien imposed by section 6321 at the time of tax lien filing and (to the extent that the acquisition is directly traceable to the disbursements referred to in subparagraph (A)) property acquired by the taxpayer after tax lien filing.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified recipient	an individual who is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien thereof or any legal entity established under State or Federal law which benefits twenty-five natural persons or less.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified relation	the person, if any, who, at the beginning of the specified month, is the individual’s cohabiting spouse or common-law partner.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualified relative	a person’s parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, child, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece or a person related within the same degree to his or her spouse;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/02...
qualified renewable energy	energy derived from biomass, solar, geothermal, or wind as identified by the Administrator in consultation with the Secretary of Energy.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified solid waste disposal facility	any facility if such facility provides solid waste disposal services for residents of part or all of 1 or more governmental units and substantially all of the solid waste processed at such facility is collected from the general public.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified supplier	a supplier that a procuring entity recognises as having satisfied the conditions for participation;	European Union	22008A1030(01)
qualified surveyor	a fellow or professional associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.”.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 1919
qualified teacher	a person who is a registered teacher holding the qualifications required by the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956(3) to be a teacher employed in a primary school or who, in accordance with that Code, may be otherwise so employed;	United Kingdom	1999 No. 1080 (S. 86)
qualified teacher	a teacher who has qualifications approved by the Department.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 127
qualified tenant	a household assessed under section 20 as being qualified for social housing support;	Ireland	Number 22 of 2009
qualified test house	a laboratory that conforms to BS 7501 or EN 45 000.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 716
qualified transferee	any bridge financial company or any third party (other than a third party for which a conservator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been appointed, or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding).	United States	77 FR 63205
qualified trust unit	an interest, as a beneficiary under a trust, that is listed on a stock exchange;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualified veteran	a veteran who has a service-connected disability, or service-connected disabilities, not rated as total but who has been awarded a rating of total disability by reason of inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of such disability or disabilities.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified veterinary surgeon	a fellow or member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 2152
qualified wholesale handler	a person in business as a floral wholesale jobber or floral supplier that is subject to assessments as a qualified handler under the order.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified work of art	any archaeological, historic, or creative tangible personal property.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualified,	that the individual satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education and other job-related requirements of the employment position such individual holds or desires and, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of such position. See § 1630.3 for exceptions to this definition.	United States	76 FR 16977
qualified	a farmer, fisherman, hunter, trapper or person who holds a sales tax bulk permit issued under regulations made pursuant to subsection (10);	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
qualified	having the ability to perform the essential tasks of the position.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying Commissioners	the Commissioners appointed under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to this Order or paragraph (2) above.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 306
qualifying FIT costs	the reasonable costs of a licensee incurred as a result of the FIT scheme (excluding the cost of FIT payments), as determined by the Secretary of State under article 28.	United Kingdom	2010 No. 678
qualifying State	a State (except the United States Virgin Islands) that, for the fiscal year for which a determination under this paragraph is made, would receive, under the allotment formula under paragraph (2) (without the application of this paragraph and paragraphs (3) and (5)), an amount that would be less than the amount the State would receive under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying United Nations official	an official of the United Nations, or of a specialised agency of the United Nations, of a rank within the organisation concerned of not lower than D-2;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/04...
qualifying accommodation	the supply to a delegate of a service consisting of the letting of immovable goods or accommodation covered by paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 , for a maximum period starting from the night prior to the date on which the qualifying conference commences and ending on the date on which the conference concludes;	Ireland	Number 31 of 2010
qualifying activities	light maintenance services, network services or station services carried out by the PPP company in fulfilment of obligations imposed on the company by a PPP agreement;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 2628
qualifying advanced power system technology facility	a facility using an advanced fuel cell, turbine, or hybrid power system or power storage system to generate or store electric energy.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying agent	an agent validly appointed (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) by a competent officer in accordance with the relevant law in the relevant EEA State;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1045
qualifying agreement	a legally enforceable agreement under which a person (being either a body corporate, or an individual who is not a parent of the assisted pupil) is required to pay school fees for the assisted pupil, including a deed of covenant made by such a person for the benefit of the assisted pupil.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1968
qualifying amount	6000 MWh or more;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 768
qualifying amount	the use in any 12 month period of 5 tonnes or more of tar or of bitumen or, in aggregate, of both.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 360
qualifying applicant	an applicant determined as a qualifying applicant in accordance with regulation 10(2);	United Kingdom	2009 No. 1340
qualifying arrangement	(except where used in paragraphs 14 to 21 of Schedule 1) an arrangement which was originally made pursuant to a Non-Fossil Fuel Order (and includes any replacement of such an arrangement where that replacement was made pursuant to an order made under Article 57 of the Energy Order);	United Kingdom	2007 No. 104
qualifying assistance program	any of the federal, state, or Tribal assistance programs participation in which, pursuant to § 54.409(a) or (b), qualifies a consumer for Lifeline service, including Medicaid; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Supplemental Security Income; Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8); Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; National School Lunch Program's free lunch program; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Bureau of Indian Affairs general assistance; Tribally administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF); Head Start (only those households meeting its income qualifying standard); or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and with respect to the residents of any particular state, any other program so designated by that state pursuant to § 54.409(a).	United States	77 FR 12951
qualifying bidder	a bidder determined as a qualifying bidder in accordance with regulation 12(1);	United Kingdom	2010 No. 1903
qualifying body	a body offering a qualification in respect of which there is for the time being in force an order made by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the Order;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 18
qualifying breeding value	non-income losses of the kind referred to in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1;	United Kingdom	2001 No. 3853
qualifying broadcaster	a broadcaster who is deemed under subsection (2) to be a qualifying broadcaster;	Ireland	Number 18 of 2009
qualifying broadcaster	a television broadcaster subject to Italian jurisdiction capable of guaranteeing that at least 80 % of the Italian population may follow these events on a free-to-air channel without additional costs.	European Union	32012D0394
qualifying business	a business carried on (or formerly carried on) so far as it consists (or consisted) of keeping mink for one or more of the relevant purposes;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1964
qualifying calf	a calf of a bovine animal that is born otherwise than into a breeding herd or to a breeding bovine animal;	United Kingdom	2012 No. 78
qualifying carrier	a telecommunications carrier that lacks economies of scale or scope and offers telephone exchange service, exchange access, and any other service that is included in universal service, to all consumers without preference throughout the service area for which such carrier has been designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 U.S.C. section 214(e).	United States	73 FR 79667
qualifying certificate	a certificate issued pursuant to this Order and which relates to electricity generated from eligible renewable sources, or an eligible GBROC;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 104
qualifying childcare voucher	a non-cash voucher in relation to which conditions A to D (see sub-paragraphs (7) to (11)) are met.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 1000
qualifying child	the child with respect to whom the maintenance calculation falls to be made;	United Kingdom	2001 No. 156
qualifying citizen	a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of the European Union;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 798
qualifying claimant	a qualifying claimant whose protected deposit has been dealt with by the exercise of the stabilisation power.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 807
qualifying clearance costs	non-income losses of the kind referred to in paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 2;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1964
qualifying cogeneration facility	a cogeneration facility that the Commission determines, by rule, meets such requirements (including requirements respecting minimum size, fuel use, and fuel efficiency) as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying cogenerator	the owner or operator of a qualifying cogeneration facility;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying combined heat and power generating station	a combined heat and power generating station which has been accredited under CHPQA;	United Kingdom	2009 No. 154
qualifying combined heat and power generating station	a combined heat and power generating station which is fuelled wholly or partly by waste and which has been accredited under CHPQA.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 104
qualifying company	a company to which the Minister has issued a certificate under subsection (2) which certificate has not been withdrawn under that subsection;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying conditions	the conditions referred to in subsection (5) or (6), as appropriate.	Ireland	Number 38 of 2014
qualifying condition	that the local government body’s gross income or gross expenditure (whichever is higher) is not more than an amount directed by the Department;	United Kingdom	2015 No. 106
qualifying conduit hydropower facility	a facility (not including any dam or other impoundment) that is determined or deemed under paragraph (2)(C) to meet the qualifying criteria.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying contractual liability	non-income losses of the kind referred to in paragraph 2(d)of Schedule 2;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1964
qualifying contribution	any sum which is payable periodically as a contribution towards a personal pension scheme.”.	United Kingdom	1995 No. 838
qualifying contribution	the appropriate employment contribution or self-employment contribution which was paid or would have been paid but for section 13 (2)(c) in respect of any insured person or the appropriate optional contribution which was paid or would have been paid but for section 29 (1)(b);	Ireland	Number 26 of 2005
qualifying corporation	a particular corporation that is a Canadian-controlled private corporation in the particular taxation year the taxable income of which for its immediately preceding taxation year  —  together with, if the particular corporation is associated in the particular taxation year with one or more other corporations (in this subsection referred to as “associated corporations”), the taxable income of each associated corporation for its last taxation year that ended in the preceding calendar year (determined before taking into consideration the specified future tax consequences for that last year)  —  does not exceed the qualifying income limit, if any, of the particular corporation for the particular taxation year;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying cost contribution arrangement	an arrangement under which reasonable efforts are made by the participants in the arrangement to establish a basis for contributing to, and to contribute on that basis to, the cost of producing, developing or acquiring any property, or acquiring or performing any services, in proportion to the benefits which each participant is reasonably expected to derive from the property or services, as the case may be, as a result of the arrangement.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying couple	a married or unmarried couple at least one of whom is aged 18 or over and neither of whom is aged under 16;	United Kingdom	2000 No. 704
qualifying cow	an eligible heifer which calves for the first time at a time when the number of eligible heifers exceeds the replacement number, whether or not the time of such calving falls during that quota year;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 465
qualifying date	such date as may be appointed by or under any law as the date with reference to which the qualifications of persons for registration as electors, for the purpose of the election of members of the House of Assembly, are to be ascertained.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 1913
qualifying date	such date or period as may be prescribed by or under any Ordinance as the date or period with reference to which the qualifications of persons for registration as electors for elections of members of the Legislative Assembly are to be ascertained; and a different qualifying period may be prescribed in respect of persons not born in the Falkland Islands;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 2846
qualifying day	the day on which it calves and each later day or part of a later day during which the relevant notice, the relevant declaration or the relevant order in question has effect or, as the case may be, remains in force;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 465
qualifying designated course	a designated course provided by a publicly funded institution in Wales.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 54 (W. 5)
qualifying determination	a determination described in regulation 3;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 3100 (W. 284)
qualifying dwelling	a dwelling which at the end of 31st March 1993 was the sole or main residence of any individual;	United Kingdom	1995 No. 209
qualifying educational establishment	an establishment which provides primary education and which is registered either directly or through its local education authority or other organisation, with the Board, for the purposes of participating in the European Community subsidy scheme;	United Kingdom	2001 No. 275 (W. 11)
qualifying educational program	a program at a post-secondary school level of not less than three consecutive weeks duration that requires that each student taking the program spend not less than ten hours per week on courses or work in the program;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying employee	an employee of the company in receipt of emoluments from the company;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying employment	any period of employment during which the overseas visitor was a qualifying employee.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 238
qualifying equipment losses	non-income losses of the kind referred to in paragraph 2(b)of Schedule 2;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1964
qualifying establishment	a permanent establishment as defined in subsection 123(1) or a permanent establishment as defined in subsection 132.1(2).	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
qualifying existing agreement	an existing agreement in respect of a hereditament owned by a person other than a housing association or the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 46
qualifying expenditure	an amount determined in the prescribed manner in respect of an expenditure that satisfies the prescribed rules. (“dépense admissible”)  2007, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 94 (12).	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/07t11
qualifying expenses	expenses relating to medical care including the cost of maintenance in connection with such medical care.	Ireland	Number 1 of 2003
qualifying expenses	the Agency’s expenses for the area of a Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for a financial year ascertained in accordance with regulation 8;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 696
qualifying expense	an expense of a kind described in regulation 4(1) and (2);	United Kingdom	1999 No. 874
qualifying facility	an exotic bird breeding facility that is included in a list published by the Secretary under section 4906 of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying fees	the amount of fees chargeable in respect of tuition to be provided in relation to such course where the net amount of such fees are not less than £250 and to the extent that they do not exceed £1,000.	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying forage area	the claimed forage area or, where deductions are made under Schedule 2 (availability of individual quotas: deductions from claimed forage area), such part of that area as remains following those deductions;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 112
qualifying foreign merger	a merger or combination of two or more corporations that would be a “foreign merger” within the meaning assigned by subsection 87(8.1) if that subsection were read without reference to the words “and otherwise than as a result of the distribution of property to one corporation on the winding-up of another corporation.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying foundation school	a foundation or a foundation special school which has a foundation established otherwise than under SSFA 1998, and whose instrument of government provides for the majority of governors to be foundation governors appointed by the foundation;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 1918
qualifying generation facility	a generation facility that meets the criteria prescribed by regulation. (“installation de production admissible”)  2009, c. 12, Sched. D, s. 14.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/98o15
qualifying goods	all taxable goods excluding motor vehicles within the meaning of section 60 (1) and petrol;	Ireland	Number 31 of 2010
qualifying government unit	any governmental unit that, were it not a governmental unit, would qualify for tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), or would qualify as a nonprofit entity under applicable state law;	United States	78 FR 16138
qualifying heating oil	fuel (other than heavy fuel oil or fuel sold as fuel for use in internal combustion engines) that is suitable for use as heating oil and is marketed or sold as fuel for use as heating oil for heating homes, buildings or similar structures.	Canada	SOR/2001-65
qualifying holding company	a controlled...	United Kingdom	2009 c. 10
qualifying holding	Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 20066 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (recast), as last amended by Directive 2009/111/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 20097 ;”.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/si/06...
qualifying holding	a direct or indirect holding in an AIFM which represents 10 per cent or more of the capital or of the voting rights, in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC, taking into account the conditions regarding aggregation of the holding laid down in Article 12(4) and (5) thereof or which makes it possible to exercise a significant influence over the management of the AIFM in which that holding subsists;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/si/02...
qualifying hydro station	a hydro generating station which was accredited after 31st March 2010 and has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 1 megawatt at any time after 31st March 2010;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 134
qualifying incomes	incomes from sources in the country, determined in accordance with subsection (9);	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying individual	an individual who is entitled to a benefit listed in clause 8(1)(b)(i) of the Digital Switchover Help Scheme, or who is aged 73 years or over, or both.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1768
qualifying injury	an injury in respect of which an entitlement to benefit has been determined before 15th December 2008;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 2942
qualifying institution	the Treasury, the Bank of England, another central bank of a Member State of the European Economic Area or the European Central Bank;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 1188
qualifying instrument	money, a credit card voucher, a charge card voucher or a financial instrument.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
qualifying insurance	a policy or policies of insurance (or in the case of the SMDF, an arrangement for coverage) which (in the case of a single such policy or arrangement) includes the relevant minimum terms and conditions or (in the case of a number of such policies or arrangements) taken together include the relevant minimum terms and conditions;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/06...
qualifying interest income	the amount determined in accordance with regulation 8.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 2034
qualifying interest	the amount of interest paid by the individual in the year of assessment in respect of a qualifying loan;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying landing	any amount of Hawaii bottomfish MUS lawfully harvested from the Mau Zone and offloaded for sale. No points shall be assigned to an owner for any qualifying landings reported to the State of Hawaii more than 1 year after the landing.	United States	75 FR 2197
qualifying land	the relevant land or, in relation to a claimant in relation to whom regulation 3A applies, such part of the relevant land as results from the deductions made to the relevant land in accordance with that regulation;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 1806 (W. 176)
qualifying lease	a lease in respect of a qualifying premises granted in the qualifying period, or within the period of 2 years from the day after the end of the qualifying period, on bona fide commercial terms by a lessor to a lessee not connected with the lessor, or with any other person entitled to a rent in respect of the qualifying premises, whether under that lease or any other lease;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying liability in tort	liability in tort owed in respect of or consequent upon personal injury or loss arising out of or in connection with breach of a duty of care owed to any person in connection with the diagnosis of illness or the care or treatment of any patient.”.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 910
qualifying liability	a liability of a clinical kind described in regulation 4(2) or a non-clinical kind described in regulation 4(3);	United Kingdom	2000 No. 54
qualifying loan	a loan or loans which, without having been used for any other purpose, is or are used by the individual solely for the purpose of defraying money employed in the purchase, repair, development or improvement of a qualifying residence or in paying off another loan or loans used for such purpose;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying losses	losses from sources in the country, determined in accordance with subsection (9);	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying marriage	the marriage described to in paragraph (1).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying material	the materials and descriptions listed in columns 1 and 2, subject to the conditions expressed in column 3, of the Schedule to the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2011(6);	United Kingdom	2015 No. 1385
qualifying member	a member who is party to the Agreement;	United Kingdom	2012 No. 183
qualifying month of service	any month (January to December) during which the employee has worked for the employer at least 120 hours (or 110 hours if under 18 years of age).	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/02...
qualifying month	a month beginning on or after 1st April 2006;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 641
qualifying motor vehicle	a motor vehicle acquired in, or brought into, a specified province that is licensed, or required to be licensed, for use on a public highway under the laws of the specified province relating to the licensing of motor vehicles and that weighs, while carrying its maximum capacity of fuel, lubricant and coolant, less than 3,000 kilograms at the time when the vehicle is first licensed, or first required to be licensed, under those laws.	Canada	laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SO...
qualifying multi-storey car park	a building or structure consisting of 2 or more storeys wholly or mainly in use for the purpose of providing, for members of the public generally without preference for any particular class of person, on payment of an appropriate charge, parking space for mechanically propelled vehicles;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying natural disaster declaration	a natural disaster declared by the Secretary for production losses under section 1961(a) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying oil field	an oil field...	United Kingdom	2009 c. 10
qualifying option	an option—...	United Kingdom	2000 c. 17
qualifying ordinary shares	shares which satisfy Condition 1 in paragraph 45D(5).	United Kingdom	2004 No. 2201
qualifying overseas transfer	so much of any transfer of the whole or any part of the business of an overseas life insurance company carried on through a permanent establishment in the United Kingdom as takes place in accordance with any authorisation granted outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of Article 14 of the Council Directive of 5th November 2002 concerning life assurance (No.2002/83/EC);”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 3271
qualifying overseas transfer	so much of any transfer of the whole or any part of the business of an overseas life insurance company carried on through a permanent establishment in the United Kingdom as takes place in accordance with any authorisation granted outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of Article 14 of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th November 2002 concerning life assurance (No.2002/83/EC);”.”;	United Kingdom	2004 No. 2200
qualifying owner-occupied dwelling	a qualifying premises which is wholly within the Temple Bar Area and is first used, after the qualifying expenditure has been incurred, by the individual as his or her only or main residence;	Ireland	Number 22 of 1997
qualifying party	a registered party with which at least 10 members of the parliament are connected.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 1082
qualifying payment	a payment which becomes retrospective employment income as a relevant payment (including a notional payment);”;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1077
qualifying payment	a single payment made before November 13, 1981 (or made on or after November 13, 1981 pursuant to an agreement in writing entered into before that date to make such a payment in respect of the individual’s 1981 taxation year, or pursuant to an arrangement in writing made before that date to have funds withheld before 1982 from any of the individual’s remuneration described in paragraph 61(1)(b) earned or received before November 13, 1981 and paid by or on behalf of the individual).	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying period	a tax period beginning on or after 6th August 2007;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 2069
qualifying period	that period of time which an authority determines as the period for which a member must have been an elected member of an authority or a predecessor authority in Wales to qualify for a past service award being a period of not less than fifteen years by 9th May 2003.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 2676 (W. 258)
qualifying person	(subject to paragraph (3) below) a person whose only or principal residence is the house in multiple occupation;	United Kingdom	2000 No. 177
qualifying person	a person in respect of whom payment has been made from the Fund, the Eileen Trust, MFET Limited, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 319
qualifying phase I technology	a technological system of continuous emission reduction which achieves a 90 percent reduction in emissions of sulfur dioxide from the emissions that would have resulted from the use of fuels which were not subject to treatment prior to combustion.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying portion of basic tax content	the amount that would be the basic tax content of the property at that time if that amount were determined without reference to subparagraph (v) of the description of A in the definition “basic tax content” in subsection 123(1) and if no amount of tax under any of subsections 165(2), 212.1(2) and 218.1(1) and Division IV.1 were included in determining that basic tax content.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
qualifying premium	any premium which is payable periodically in respect of a personal pension scheme and is payable on or after the date of the application.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 303
qualifying project	a project as determined in accordance with regulation 5(3);	United Kingdom	2009 No. 1340
qualifying property transfers	the property transfers to which this Part applies by virtue of subsection (4).	United Kingdom	2013 No. 504
qualifying provision	a provision which imposes a daily default fine for failure to send or supply the document or information.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 3012
qualifying quarter	a quarter during which the eligible student attends as part of his course an overseas institution or the Institute for at least half the period covered by that quarter.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 529
qualifying quarter	a quarter during which the eligible student attends as part of his or her course an overseas institution or the University of London Institute in Paris for at least half the period covered by that quarter;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1045 (W. 104)
qualifying redundancy payments	non-income losses of the kind referred to in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 2.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1964
qualifying relation	a person who is the individual’s spouse or common-law partner, or a child of the individual who has not attained the age of 18 years before the end of 2009 (other than a child who was, at any time during the eligible period, a married person, a person who is in a common-law partnership or a person who has a child).	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying renovation	a renovation or alteration, of a property that is at that time an eligible dwelling of the individual or of a qualifying relation in respect of the individual, that is of an enduring nature and that is integral to the eligible dwelling.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying repair	a repair specified as such in regulation 6 and the Schedule;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 316
qualifying resident	a person who is in receipt of or is eligible for assistance from the local authority by the provision of accommodation;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 265
qualifying return in lieu of interest	any return in lieu of interest from investing in products endorsed by any Shari’ah council or body, or by any committee formed for the purpose of providing guidance on compliance with Shari’ah law.	Singapore	Cap. 134, RG 26
qualifying scheme	a retirement benefits scheme which, if the conditions prescribed under paragraph 2(3)(d) of Schedule 23ZA were met, would be an eligible scheme;	United Kingdom	2001 No. 118
qualifying school year	the school year 2004–05 or any subsequent school year.”.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 2896
qualifying school	a school in severe need, as described in section 1773(d)(1) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying security and assured power facility	a qualifying advanced power system technology facility determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be in critical need of secure, reliable, rapidly available, high-quality power for critical governmental, industrial, or commercial applications.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying self-employed person	a self-employed person whose place of work is sufficiently located in a member State other than the United Kingdom so that his employment in that member State is subject to the social and labour law relevant to the field of occupational pension schemes of that member State;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 581
qualifying services	all taxable services excluding the provision of food or drink, accommodation, other personal services, entertainment services or the hire of motor vehicles within the meaning of section 60 (1).	Ireland	Number 31 of 2010
qualifying service	a service or duty.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
qualifying service	service as an officer, honorary officer or honorary instructor with the Corps;	Singapore	Cap. 194, RG 3
qualifying shareholder	a person who has or controls a qualifying holding ;	Ireland	Number 11 of 1995
qualifying share	a prescribed share of the capital stock of a taxable Canadian corporation issued after May 22, 1985 and before 1987.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
qualifying small power producer	the owner or operator of a qualifying small power production facility;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying small power production facility	a small power production facility that the Commission determines, by rule, meets such requirements (including requirements respecting fuel use, fuel efficiency, and reliability) as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
qualifying student	a person who meets the conditions in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1045 (W. 104)
qualifying subsidiary	a company which is a subsidiary of a bank incorporated in Singapore where such bank meets the requirements under section 9(1);	Singapore	Cap. 19
qualifying subsidiary	a subsidiary of that company of a kind which a company may have by virtue of section 507.	Ireland	Number 5 of 2005
qualifying supply	a supply of...	United Kingdom	2014 c. 26
qualifying supply	the supply to domestic customers of 400 gigawatt hours of electricity or 2000 gigawatt hours of gas;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 3219
qualifying taxation year	the 2011 taxation year;	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r11339
qualifying ticket	a transport document valid for travel by sea or air from the port or airport where the export shop is situated.	United Kingdom	2000 No. 645
qualifying time	the time immediately before 1 April 2012, as defined in the Benefits Order;	United Kingdom	2012 No. 687
qualifying transfer	a...	United Kingdom	1999 c. 29
qualifying undertaking	an undertaking to which the UCITS Directive applies and which is, within the meaning of that Directive, situated in the United Kingdom;	United Kingdom	1996 No. 1669
qualifying voluntary arrangement	a voluntary arrangement whose purposes include a realisation of some or all of the assets of the UK credit institution to which the order relates with a view to terminating the whole or any part of the business of that credit institution.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1045
qualifying warranty	a warranty which meets the requirements set out in Schedule 3;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 3219
qualifying week	a tax week in respect of which a qualifying childcare voucher is received;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 1000
qualifying works	the class of works so declared in Article 3(2);	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/05...
qualifying year of assessment	any year of assessment (after year of assessment 1995) which is within the period of 5 years of assessment immediately following the year of commencement of trading of the designated futures on the futures market maintained by the Singapore Exchange Limited or any of its subsidiaries;	Singapore	Cap. 134, RG 16
quality agricultural products	products covered by Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, except fishery products which in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers are above average quality.	United Kingdom	2001 No. 220
quality assessment	a mechanism used by an insurer to evaluate, monitor, or improve the quality and effectiveness of the medical care delivered by physicians or health care providers to persons covered by a health insurance policy to ensure that the care delivered is consistent with the care delivered by an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent physician or health care provider under the same or similar circumstances.	United States	INSURANCE CODE - Title 8 - Cha
quality assurance system	the system thus described and referred to in Annex X, the text of which Annex is, for ease of reference, set out in Schedule 10;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/04...
quality assurance	to control the quality of the material, structure, component, or system to predetermined requirements.	United States	72 FR 49352
quality control	a process, carried out at any time, including inspection, tests, record keeping or otherwise, to ascertain whether or to ensure that a product satisfies any standard applicable to it;	Singapore	Cap. 303A
quality development	the chemical, pharmaceutical and biological testing necessary to demonstrate the quality of a relevant medicinal product, in accordance with Module 3 of Part I of Annex I to the 2001 Directive;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 532
quality job	a job that provides wages and other benefits comparable to, or better than, similar positions in existing businesses of similar size in similar local economies.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
quality mark	a mark indicating or purporting to indicate the quality, quantity, fineness, weight, thickness, proportion or kind of precious metal in an article;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. P-19
quality objectives	the requirements specified in Annex II;	European Union	31983L0513
quality of care furnished to residents	the direct hands-on care and treatment that a health care professional or direct care staff furnished to a resident.	United States	75 FR 21175
quality service	a service that meets specified requirements and performance criteria determined by the Commission or by another person on behalf of the Commission.	Ireland	Number 25 of 2003
quality system	a system of which the purpose is to ensure that appliances conform with the type as described in the EC type-examination certificate and satisfy the essential requirements which apply to them;	United Kingdom	1995 No. 1629
quality	a planned and systematic operation or procedure “for ensuring the quality of a dietary supplement.” We deleted “for preventing a dietary ingredient or dietary supplement from being adulterated” in the proposed definition since the concept of quality includes preventing adulteration.	United States	72 FR 34752
quantification date	the date the banking institution would have been in default or the day the protected deposit would have been due and payable (if later) (see rule 12.3.1 of the COMP Sourcebook).	United Kingdom	2009 No. 807
quantities entering	quantities physically placed in storage, whether or not taken over by the intervention agency;	European Union	31999R1498
quantities leaving	quantities which have been removed or, if taken over by the purchaser before removal, quantities taken over.	European Union	31999R1498
quantity	quantity expressed in net weight unless otherwise indicated;	European Union	32003R1535
quarantine anchorage	any area of the port which has been appointed for the time being for the quarantine of vessels and declared to be a quarantine anchorage by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore;	Singapore	Cap. 137
quarantine centre	premises where birds are isolated to prevent the spread of disease following importation from another country;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 336
quarantine centre	premises where imported birds are quarantined on arrival in Scotland.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 196
quarantine facility	any place that is used for the detention of a traveller.	Canada	S.C. 2005, c. 20
quarantine manager	the person in charge of a quarantine centre or quarantine facility for which approval is required under Commission Decision 2000/666/EC.”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 335
quarantine station	any building or place where quarantine is carried out, and includes an examination station or hulk;	Singapore	Cap. 7
quarantine	the compulsory detention in isolation of any animal, bird or thing;	Singapore	Cap. 7
quarry owner	the owner of a quarry, or part of a quarry;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/00...
quarry	a quarry within the meaning of the Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983(13);	United Kingdom	1998 No. 131
quarter 1	the period from 1st April to 30th June in a financial year;	United Kingdom	2012 No. 711
quarter day	1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in any year.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/02...
quarter of the year	a period of three consecutive calendar months;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 106 (W. 25)
quarter-section	a unit of land described in the Dominion Land Survey System that has an area of approximately 64 ha or 800 m by 800 m.	Canada	SOR/2013-202
quarterly obligation period	a period of 3 months commencing after 31st March 2015 on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October or 1st January in any period of 12 months;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 2014
quarterly period	each period of three months beginning on the first day of January, April, July and October;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/02...
quarterly period	the first, second, third or fourth quarter of any year commencing on 1st January.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 2860
quarterly report	a report...	United Kingdom	2000 c. 41
quarterly report	the report to the Minister under section 55 ;	Ireland	Number 34 of 2009
quarterly return	a return lodged under regulation 6.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C20...
quarterly	“as of January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.” Thus, the final Rule requires sellers to update their disclosure by those specific dates each year. The definition of “quarterly” received no comment, and the final Rule includes the definition as proposed.	United States	76 FR 76815
quarters	any building provided or intended to be provided for a workman to live in either temporarily or permanently and includes any room or building used or intended to be used whether communally or privately for the purposes of cooking, eating, washing or bathing and any latrines and urinals;	Singapore	Cap. 91
quarters	quarters owned or leased by the Federal Government.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
quarter	a 3 month period ending on the last day of March, June, September or December.”.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 646
quarter	a 3 month period ending on the last day of March, June, September or December;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 256
quasi-equity financing	a type of financing that involves a mix of equity and debt, where the equity allows investors to achieve a high rate of return upon the success of the company or where the debt component entails a premium price contributing to the return of the investor;	European Union	32007R0478
quasi-equity investment instruments	instruments whose return for the holder (investor/lender) is predominantly based on the profits or losses of the underlying target company, are unsecured in the event of default. This definition is based on a substance-over-form approach;	European Union	2006C0313
quasi-equity investment	a type of financing that ranks between equity and debt, having a higher risk than senior debt and a lower risk than common equity. Quasi-equity investments can be structured as debt, typically unsecured and subordinated and in some cases convertible into equity, or as preferred equity;	European Union	32012R0966
quasi-permanent employment	the employment of a person who is timetabled to teach for not less than 9 hours per week for the duration of the school year in any one school;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/04...
quay land	the area of land in the River Tweed bounded by an imaginary line commencing on the river wall at a point at NU0100051954 then extending in a straight line in a northerly direction to a point at NU0110051968 then extending in a straight line in an easterly direction to a point at NU0219551928 then extending in a straight line in a southerly direction to the river wall at a point at NU0216051911 and then returning in a straight line in a westerly direction along the river wall to the point of commencement.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 3382
quay limits	the area bounded by co-ordinates (53°39.457’N, 00°13.681’W), (53°39.464’N, 00°13.662’W), (53°39.447’N, 00°13.645’W), (53°39.487’N, 00°13.546’W), (53°39.475’N, 00°13.511’W), (53°39.506’N, 00°13.416’W), (53°38.946’N, 00°12.678’W), (53°38.876’N, 00°12.849’W), (53°38.984’N, 00°13.165’W) and (53°38.985’N, 00°13.178’W) and shown on sheets 8 and 9 of the works plans;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 2935
quay	any quay, wharf, jetty, dolphin, landing stage or other structure used for berthing or mooring vessels, and includes any pier, bridge, roadway or footway immediately adjacent and affording access thereto;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2949
query	a request that triggers an electronic search process requiring minimal human intervention.	Canada	SOR/2002-227
question bank	the data bank of questions prepared, maintained and kept in electronic format by the Authority or such other person as it may designate to prepare, maintain and keep such questions in electronic format for use at a theoretical test in assessing an applicant knowledge relating to the category of vehicle concerned for which the application relates;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/03...
questionnaire identification marks	a barcode which is unique to each particular questionnaire and a corresponding reference number which the barcode represents;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 532
questionnaire information	information collected through statistical surveys that is recorded in documents, pictures, or electromagnetic records (meaning records made by an electronic form, a magnetic form, or any other form not recognizable to human perception).	Japan	Act No. 53 of 2007
questionnaire tracking system	such an electronic system as the Authority may provide under regulation 5(7);	United Kingdom	2010 No. 532
questionnaire	a document in the form supplied by the National Assembly to local planning authorities for the purpose of proceedings under these Rules;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 1266
question	a question or issue in respect of which the European Court has jurisdiction to give a preliminary ruling under the Community Treaties”;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 436
quick communication	of rapid communication, because it is different for each vessel and best determined by Navy operators.	United States	76 FR 25479
quick skin-bonding adhesive	a Category 4 adhesive set out in Part 4 that has properties similar to an alkyl cyanoacrylate adhesive and that is capable of bonding skin with skin instantly or nearly instantly.	Canada	SOR/2001-269
quiet area in an agglomeration	an area which is identified as a quiet area in an agglomeration in accordance with regulation 13;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 2238
quieting order	an order establishing the legal existence or corporate status of a municipality, or establishing its proper area and boundaries or any of its boundaries, in order to quiet doubts affecting the same. (“ordonnance de régularisation”) R.S.O. 1990, c. M.51, s. 1; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90m51
quilt	any form of cloth material used to cover a bee colony in a hive;	United Kingdom	1998 No. 191
quinizarin	1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 1773
quorum	a majority of the Committee members.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
quota holder	the person in whose name the quota is registered;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 439
quota register	the register prepared and maintained under regulation 12;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2844
quotas	the State's share of the total allowable catch (TAC) fixed by the Council of the European Communities relating to certain species of fish in respect of the year 1994, or, as the case may be, each subsequent year thereafter.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1996/en/si/00...
quotas	the State's share of the total allowable catch (TAC) fixed by the Council of the European Communities relating to certain species of fish in respect of the year 2004, or, as the case may be, each subsequent year thereafter;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/06...
quotation sum	the price originally quoted for the connection.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 60
quotation	a cost estimate for a connection;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 1135
quota	a requirement to hire or promote a fixed and arbitrary number of persons during a given period.	Canada	S.C. 1995, c. 44
quota	direct sales quota or wholesale quota, as the case may be;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 439
quoted investment	an investment as respects which there has been granted a quotation or permission to deal on any stock exchange of repute and the expression “ unquoted investment” shall be construed accordingly.	Kenya	CAP. 486
quoted public company	any company which is resident in Sri Lanka and in respect of which the Assessor is satisfied that in relation to any year of assessment, it is a company the shares of which are quoted throughout that year of assessment or where such company is incorporated during that year of assessment, from the date of incorporation to the end of that year of assessment, in any official list published by any stock exchange licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka;	Sri Lanka	10 of 2006
quoted	not so quoted;	Ireland	Number 1 of 2003
quote	to display or provide on a securities market of a securities exchange information concerning the particular prices or particular consideration at which offers or invitations to sell, purchase or exchange issued securities are made on that securities market, being offers or invitations that are intended or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in the making or acceptance of offers to sell, purchase or exchange issued securities;	Singapore	Cap. 289, RG 10