Section 133L | Associated companies ^F1

(1)For the purposes of sections 133A and 133C a company (“company B”) is associated with another company (“company A”) at a time (“the relevant time”) if any of the following 5 conditions is met.

(2)The first condition is that the financial results of company A and company B, for a period that includes the relevant time, meet the consolidation condition.

(3)The second condition is that there is a connection between company A and company B for the accounting period of company A in which the relevant time falls.

(4)The third condition is that, at the relevant time, company A has a major interest in company B or company B has a major interest in company A.

(5)The fourth condition is that—

(a)the financial results of company A and a third company, for a period that includes the relevant time, meet the consolidation condition (see subsection (7)), and

(b)at the relevant time the third company has a major interest in company B.

(6)The fifth condition is that—

(a)there is a connection (see subsection (9)) between company A and a third company for the accounting period of company A in which the relevant time falls, and

(b)at the relevant time the third company has a major interest in company B.

(7)In this section, the financial results of any two companies for any period meet the “consolidation condition” if—

(a)they are required to be comprised in group accounts,

(b)they would be required to be comprised in group accounts but for the application of an exemption, or

(c)they are in fact comprised in such accounts.

(8)In subsection (7), “group accounts” means accounts prepared under—

(a)section 399 of the Companies Act 2006, or

(b)any corresponding provision of the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom.

(9)Sections 466 to 471 (companies connected for accounting period) apply for the purposes of this section.

(10)In this section “major interest” has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 473).