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4.—(1) For the purposes of this Order any question whether a person is an associate of another person is to be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Article (any provision that a person is an associate of another person being taken to mean that they are associates of each other).
[F1(2) A person is an associate of an individual if that person is—
(a)the individual's husband or wife or civil partner,
(b)a relative of—
(i)the individual, or
(ii)the individual's husband or wife or civil partner, or
(c)the husband or wife or civil partner of a relative of—
(i)the individual, or
(ii)the individual's husband or wife or civil partner.]
(3) A person is an associate of any person with whom he is in partnership, and of the husband or wife[F1 or civil partner] or a relative of any individual with whom he is in partnership; and a Scottish firm is an associate of any person who is a member of the firm.
F2(4) A person is an associate of any person whom he employs or by whom he is employed.
(5) A person in his capacity as trustee of a trust other than—
(a)a trust arising under Parts VIII to X (other than Chapter I of Part VIII) of this Order, Parts VIII to IX of the Insolvency Act 1986F3 or the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985F4, or
(b)a pension scheme or an employees' share scheme F5. . . ,
is an associate of another person if the beneficiaries of the trust include, or the terms of the trust confer a power that may beexercised for the benefit of, that other person or an associate of that other person.
(6) A company is an associate of another company—
(a)if the same person has control of both, or a person has control of one and persons who are his associates, or he and persons who are his associates, have control of the other, or
(b)if a group of 2 or more persons has control of eachcompany, and the groups either consist of the same personsor could be regarded as consisting of the same persons by treating (in one or more cases) a member of either group as replaced by a person of whom he is an associate.
(7) A company is an associate of another person if that person has control of it or if that person and persons who are his associates together have control of it.
(8) For the purposes of this Article a person is a relative of an individual if he is that individual's brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal ancestor or lineal descendant, treating—
(a)any relationship of the half blood as a relationship of the whole blood and the stepchild or adopted child of any person as his child, and
(b)an illegitimate child as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father;
and references in this Article to a husband and wife include a former husband or wife and reputed husband or wife[F1 and references to a civil partner include a former civil partner][F6 and a reputed civil partner].
(9) For the purposes of this Article any director of other officer of a company is to be treated as employed by that company.
(10) For the purposes of this Article a person is to be taken as having control of a company if—
(a)the directors of the company or of another company which has control of it (or any of them) are accustomed to act in accordance with his directions or instructions, or
(b)he is entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, one‐third or more of the voting power at any general meeting of the company or of another company which has control of it;
and where 2 or more persons together satisfy either of the conditions mentioned in sub‐paragraph (a) or (b), they are to be taken as having control of the company.
(11 )F2 In this Article“company” includes any body corporate (whether incorporated in Northern Ireland or elsewhere); and references to directors and other officers of a company and to voting power at any general meeting of a company have effect with any necessary modifications.
F2mod. by SR 2004/307
F5Words in art. 4(5)(b) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), arts. 2(1), 8, Sch. 1 para. 106(5) (with art. 10)
F6SR 2005/479
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 4 applied (6.4.2006) by Occupational Pension Schemes (Member-nominated Trustees and Directors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/148), reg. 1(1)(4)
C2Art. 4 applied by Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)), art. 234(8) (as substituted (30.12.2007) by Transfer of Undertakings and Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/494), reg. 2(5))
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