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IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2" id="section-257LC-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">The arrangements referred to in subsection (1) do not include any arrangements which are confined to the provision—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/a" id="section-257LC-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">for the social enterprise itself, or</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/b" id="section-257LC-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">if the social enterprise is a parent company that meets the trading requirement in section 257MJ(2)(c) or is a parent company that is an accredited social impact contractor—</Addition></Text><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257LC/2/b/i" id="section-257LC-2-b-i"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" 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inserted (17.7.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26" id="c4f17rqq3-00143" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2014" Number="26" Title="Finance Act 2014">Finance Act 2014 (c. 26)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c4f17rqq3-00143" id="c4f17rqq3-00144" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/schedule/11/paragraph/1" SectionRef="schedule-11-paragraph-1" Operative="true">Sch. 11 para. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>