Companies Act 1985

X1 13 (1) The following applies for the interpretation of this Part of this Schedule.

(2) A reference to a subsidiary undertaking of the company—

(a) in relation to a person who is or was, while a director of the company, a director also, by virtue of the company’s nomination (direct or indirect) of any other undertaking, includes (subject to the following sub-paragraph) that undertaking, whether or not it is or was in fact a subsidiary undertaking of the company, and

(b) for the purposes of paragraphs 1 to 7 (including any provision of this Part of this Schedule referring to paragraph 1) is to an undertaking which is a subsidiary undertaking at the time the services were rendered, and for the purposes of paragraph 8 to a subsidiary undertaking immediately before the loss of office as director.

(3) The following definitions apply—

(a) “pension” includes any superannuation allowance, superannuation gratuity or similar payment,

(b) “pension scheme” means a scheme for the provision of pensions in respect of services as director or otherwise which is maintained in whole or in part by means of contributions, and

(c) “contribution”, in relation to a pension scheme, means any payment (including an insurance premium) paid for the purposes of the scheme by or in respect of persons rendering services in respect of which pensions will or may become payable under the scheme except that it does not include any payment in respect of two or more persons if the amount paid in respect of each of them is not ascertainable.

(4) References in this Part of this Schedule to a person being “connected” with a director, and to a director “controlling” a body corporate, shall be construed in accordance with section 346.

Editorial Information

X1 Until 1.8.2002 this provision was related to "Sch. 6 Part I" in the hierarchical structure. On 1.8.2002 a new Chapter 1 Heading was inserted and from that date this provision became related to that Chapter Heading. The way in which legislation is structured in SLD means that any version of this provision created after 1.8.2002 will not appear in the attributes table for this version and it will not be possible to navigate to it from this version. To check for any versions created after 1.8.2002, it is recommended that you perform a search on the current date.