Companies Act 1985

Membership of certain undertakingsU.K.

[F19A(1)The information required by this paragraph shall be given where at the end of the financial year the company is a member of a qualifying undertaking.

(2)There shall be stated—

(a)the name and legal form of the undertaking, and

(b)the address of the undertaking’s registered office (whether in or outside Great Britain) or, if it does not have such an office, its head office (whether in or outside Great Britain).

(3)Where the undertaking is a qualifying partnership there shall also be stated either—

(a)that a copy of the latest accounts of the undertaking has been or is to be appended to the copy of the company’s accounts sent to the registrar under section 242 of this Act, or

(b)the name of at least one body corporate (which may be the company) in whose group accounts the undertaking has been or is to be dealt with on a consolidated basis.

(4)Information otherwise required by sub-paragraph (2) above need not be given if it is not material.

(5)Information otherwise required by sub-paragraph (3)(b) above need not be given if the notes to the company’s accounts disclose that advantage has been taken of the exemption conferred by regulation 7 of the Partnerships and Unlimited Companies (Accounts) Regulations 1993.

(6)In this paragraph—

“dealt with on a consolidated basis”, “member”, “qualifying company” and “qualifying partnership” have the same meanings as in the Partnerships and Unlimited Companies (Accounts) Regulations 1993;

“qualifying undertaking” means a qualifying partnership or a qualifying company.]

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