SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Reserved matters

Part II Specific reservations

Head C – Trade and Industry

C1. Business associations

Section C1.

The creation, operation, regulation and dissolution of types of business association.

Exceptions

The creation, operation, regulation and dissolution of—

  1. (a)

    particular public bodies, or public bodies of a particular type, established by or under any enactment, and

  2. (b)

    charities.

Interpretation

“Business association” means any person (other than an individual) established for the purpose of carrying on any kind of business, whether or not for profit; and “business” includes the provision of benefits to the members of an association.