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Section 271: Subsidiary and associate

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 · 2008 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Regulation of Social Housing — Chapter 8: General

A person ("A") is a subsidiary of another person ("B") if—

A is a subsidiary undertaking in relation to B for the purposes of the Companies Acts (see section 1162 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Companies Act 2006), or
A would be a subsidiary undertaking in relation to B for those purposes if "undertaking" were defined for those purposes to mean any person.

"Associate" of a provider means—

a body of which the provider is a subsidiary, and
any other subsidiary of that body.

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