[F14A RTE companiesE+W
(1)A company is a RTE company in relation to premises if—
(a)it is a private company limited by guarantee, and
(b)its [F2articles of association state] that its object, or one of its objects, is the exercise of the right to collective enfranchisement with respect to the premises.
(2)But a company is not a RTE company if it is a commonhold association (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002).
(3)And a company is not a RTE company in relation to premises if another company which is a RTE company in relation to—
(a)the premises, or
(b)any premises containing or contained in the premises,
has given a notice under section 13 with respect to the premises, or any premises containing or contained in the premises, and the notice continues in force in accordance with subsection (11) of that section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 4A-4C inserted (26.7.2002 for E. for specified purposes, 1.1.2003 for W. for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 122; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(c) (subject to Sch. 2); S. I. 2002/3012, art. 2(c) (subject to Sch. 2)
F2Words in s. 4A(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 140(2) (with art. 10)