Companies Act 1989

53 Minor definitions.E+W+S

(1)In this Part—

  • address” means—

(a)in relation to an individual, his usual residential or business address, and

(b)in relation to a firm, its registered or principal office in Great Britain;

  • company” means any company or other body to which section 384 of the M1Companies Act 1985 (duty to appoint auditors) applies;

  • director”, in relation to a body corporate, includes any person occupying in relation to it the position of a director (by whatever name called) and any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions (not being advice given in a professional capacity) the directors of the body are accustomed to act;

  • enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the M2Interpretation Act 1978;

  • firm” means a body corporate or a partnership;

  • group”, in relation to a body corporate, means the body corporate, any other body corporate which is its holding company or subsidiary and any other body corporate which is a subsidiary of that holding company; and

  • holding company” and “subsidiary” have the meaning given by section 736 of the M3Companies Act 1985;

  • parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” have the same meaning as in Part VII of the Companies Act 1985.

(2)For the purposes of this Part a body shall be regarded as “established in the United Kingdom” if and only if—

(a)it is incorporated or formed under the law of the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom, or

(b)its central management and control is exercised in the United Kingdom;

and any reference to a qualification “obtained in the United Kingdom” is to a qualification obtained from such a body.

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