Section 156 | Sections 154 and 155: supplementary

(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 154 to 155B.^F1

(2)“Arrangements”—

(a)means arrangements of any kind (whether or not in writing), but

(b)does not include —^F2

(i)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., or^F3

(ii)a condition or requirement imposed by, or agreed with, a Minister of the Crown, the Scottish Ministers, a Northern Ireland department or a statutory body.^F3

(2A)In subsection (2) “statutory body” means a body (other than a company as defined by section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006) established by or under a statutory provision for the purpose of carrying out functions conferred on it by or under a statutory provision, except that the Treasury may, by order, specify that a body is or is not to be a statutory body for this purpose.^F4

(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.