The Fur Farming (Compensation Scheme) (England) Order 2004

1.—(1) “Associate” means any of the following—

(a) in relation to a natural person—

(i) that person’s spouse or any of that person’s relatives;

(ii) any person with whom that person, that person’s spouse or any of that person’s relatives is in partnership; or

(iii) any body corporate of which that person, that person’s spouse or any of that person’s relatives is a director or controller;

(b) in relation to a body corporate—

(i) any of its directors or controllers;

(ii) any subsidiary of the body corporate;

(iii) any of the directors or controllers of such a subsidiary;

(iv) if the body corporate is itself a subsidiary, any other subsidiary of the holding company they have in common;

(v) any director or controller of any such other subsidiary; or

(vi) any person with whom that body corporate is in partnership; or

(c) in relation to any person, the spouse or any of the relatives of any of the natural persons identified as associates elsewhere in this definition;

(2) For the purposes of the definition specified in paragraph (1) —

“acting in concert” means acting in accordance with an agreement or arrangement with respect to either—

(a)

the acquisition, holding or disposal of shares or other interests in a body corporate; or

(b)

the exercise of voting power in a body corporate;

“controller” means (in relation to a body corporate) any person—

(a)

in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of that body corporate or of any other body corporate which is its controller are accustomed to act; or

(b)

who (either alone or with any associate or with any person with whom he is acting in concert) is entitled to exercise or control the exercise of at least one-third of the voting power at any general meeting of that body corporate or of any other body corporate which is its controller;

“director” means—

(a)

in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by a board of directors or similar body, a member of that board or body;

(b)

in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by a single director or similar person, that director or person; or

(c)

in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by the members themselves, a member of the body corporate;

“holding company” means a holding company within the meaning of section 736(1) of the Companies Act 1985(1);

“relative” means parent (or step-parent), child (or step-child), brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandparent or grandchild; and

“subsidiary” means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 736(1) of the Companies Act 1985.

(1)

1985 c. 6.