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ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">257ME</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/1" id="section-257ME-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">The social enterprise must not at any time in the shorter applicable period control (whether on its own or together with any person connected with it) any company which is not a qualifying subsidiary of the social enterprise.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/2" 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or</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/2/b" id="section-257ME-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">be under the control of a company, or under the control of a company and a person connected with that company, without being a 51% subsidiary of the company.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257ME/3" id="section-257ME-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" 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id="cltg0mfz3-00064" CitationRef="cltg0mfz3-00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/32/schedule/1/paragraph/6/1" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 6(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7" Type="F"><Para><Text>Pt. 5B 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>