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(1)For the purposes of section 130, a body corporate (A) is associated with another body corporate (B) if—
(a)one of them controls the other, or
(b)a third body corporate controls both of them.
Subsections (2) to (4) set out the cases in which a body corporate is regarded as controlling another body corporate.
(2)A body corporate (X) controls a company (Y) if X possesses or is entitled to acquire—
(a)at least half of the issued share capital of Y,
(b)such rights as would entitle X to exercise at least half of the votes exercisable in general meetings of Y,
(c)such part of the issued share capital of Y as would entitle X to at least half of the amount distributed, if the whole of the income of Y were in fact distributed among the shareholders, or
(d)such rights as would, in the event of the winding up of Y or in any other circumstances, entitle it to receive at least half of the assets of Y which would then be available for distribution among the shareholders.
(3)A body corporate (X) controls a limited liability partnership (Y) if X—
(a)holds a majority of the voting rights in Y,
(b)is a member of Y and has a right to appoint or remove a majority of other members, or
(c)is a member of Y and controls alone, or pursuant to an agreement with other members, a majority of the voting rights in Y.
(4)A body corporate (X) controls another body corporate (Y) if X has the power, directly or indirectly, to secure that the affairs of Y are conducted in accordance with X’s wishes.
(5)In subsection (3) a reference to “voting rights” is to the rights conferred on members in respect of their interest in a limited liability partnership to vote on those matters which are to be decided on by a vote of the members of the limited liability partnership.
(6)In determining under any of subsections (2) to (4) whether one body corporate (X) controls another, X is treated as possessing—
(a)any rights and powers possessed by a person as nominee for it, and
(b)any rights and powers possessed by a body corporate which it controls (including rights and powers which such a body corporate would be taken to possess by virtue of this paragraph).
(7)For the purposes of section 130 as it applies in relation to a building, where a person’s interest in the building is held on trust, a body corporate which is a beneficiary of the trust is to be regarded as associated with the person.
Commencement Information
I1S. 131 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 170(5)
I2S. 131 in force at 28.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/561, regs. 1(2), 3(h)
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