Valid from 12/01/2000
211 Public sector operators.E+W+S
(1)In this Chapter public sector operator means—
(a)any Minister of the Crown, government department or other emanation of the Crown;
(b)any local authority;
(c)any metropolitan county passenger transport authority;
(d)any body corporate whose members are appointed by a Minister of the Crown, a government department, a local authority or a metropolitan county passenger transport authority or by a body corporate whose members are so appointed;
(e)a company—
(i)a majority of whose issued shares are held by or on behalf of any of the bodies or persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above;
(ii)in which the majority of the voting rights are held by or on behalf of any of those bodies or persons;
(iii)a majority of whose board of directors can be appointed or removed by any of those bodies or persons; or
(iv)in which the majority of the voting rights are controlled by any of those bodies or persons, pursuant to an agreement with other persons;
(f)a subsidiary of a company falling within paragraph (e) above.
(2)Expressions used in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1)(e) above and in section 736 of the M1Companies Act 1985 have the same meaning in those sub-paragraphs as they have in that section.