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RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">Domicile of corporation or association for purposes of certain civil proceedings</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A" id="section-42A"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">42A</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1" id="section-42A-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">This section determines whether a corporation or association is domiciled in the United Kingdom for the purposes of—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1/a" id="section-42A-1-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">sections 15A to 15E, and</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/1/b" id="section-42A-1-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">section 16(1)(b).</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2" id="section-42A-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">A corporation or association has its domicile in the United Kingdom if and only if—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/a" id="section-42A-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">its registered office is at a place in the United Kingdom,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/b" id="section-42A-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">its place of incorporation is in the United Kingdom (in a case where it has no registered office),</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/c" id="section-42A-2-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" CommentaryRef="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b">the place under the law of which its formation took place is a place in the United Kingdom (in a case where it has no registered office or place of incorporation),</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/27/section/42A/2/d" id="section-42A-2-d"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-52139022ddac918b8098a40181f9106b-1638284859729" 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