The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Regulations 2021

Companies and other bodies corporate

2.—(1) A company incorporated under the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2(1) of the Companies Act 2006(1)).

(2) A European public limited-liability company (Societas Europaea) within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001(2) on the Statute for a European company (SE).

(3) A body corporate incorporated in, and having a principal place of business in, the United Kingdom, other than—

(a) a body incorporated by, or registered under, a public general enactment,

(b) a body not formed for the purposes of carrying on a business that has as an object the acquisition of gain by the body or its individual members,

(c) a body for the time being exempted from section 1043 of the Companies Act 2006(3) by a direction of the Secretary of State under subsection (1)(c) of that section.

(4) A building society incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) under the Building Societies Act 1986(4).

(5) A co-operative or community benefit society within the meaning of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014(5).

(6) A collective investment scheme within the meaning of section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(6) including, in particular—

(a) an authorised unit trust scheme within the meaning of section 237(3) of that Act,

(b) an authorised contractual scheme within the meaning of that section(7),

(c) an authorised open-ended investment company within the meaning of that section.

(7) A credit union within the meaning of section 31 of the Credit Unions Act 1979(8).

(8) A friendly society within the meaning of section 116 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992(9).

(9) A legal entity (within the meaning of Part 5 of schedule 1)—

(a) which is incorporated or constituted under, and governed by, a law other than the law of the United Kingdom, and

(b) which has shares admitted to trading on—

(i) a regulated market which is situated in an EEA state, or

(ii) a market listed in schedule 1 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016(10).

(10) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (9)—

(a) “regulated market” has the same meaning as that in Directive 2014/65/EU(11) of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2001/61/EU(12) (see Article 4.1.21), and

(b) “EEA state” has the meaning given by schedule 1 of the Interpretation Act 1978(13).

(1)

2006 c.46

(2)

OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p.1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p.1).

(3)

2006 c.46.

(4)

1986 c.53.

(5)

2014 c.14.

(6)

2000 c.8.

(7)

The definition of “authorised contractual scheme” was inserted into section 237 by regulation 3(6)(c)(i) of Part 2 of the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388).

(8)

1979 c.34. The definition of “credit union” in section 31 was amended by paragraph 16(2)(b) of schedule 4 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c.14). Other amendments were made to that section which are not relevant to these regulations.

(9)

1992 c.40.

(10)

S.I. 2016/339.

(11)

OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p.349, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2016/1034 (OJ L 175, 30.06.2016, p.8).

(12)

See, in particular, Article 4.1.21.

(13)

1978 c.30. The definition of “EEA State” in schedule 1 was inserted by section 26(1) of the Legislative Reform Act 2006 (c.51).