(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 154 and 155.
(2)“Arrangements”—
(a)means arrangements of any kind (whether or not in writing), but
(b)does not include a power of a Minister of the Crown, the Scottish Ministers or a Northern Ireland department to give directions to a statutory body as to the disposal of assets belonging to the body or to a subsidiary of the body.
(3)A company is the successor of another company if it carries on a trade which, in whole or in part, the other company used to carry on and the circumstances are such that—
(a)Chapter 1 of Part 22 (transfers of trade without a change of ownership) applies in relation to the companies as, respectively, the successor and the predecessor within the meaning of that Chapter, or
(b)the two companies are connected with each other in accordance with section 1122.