Part 8 U.K.Enforcement of certain consumer legislation

[F1 Enforcement procedure: supplementary] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 218A crossheading inserted (2.6.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/484), regs. 1(2), 2(6) (with reg. 8)

223 Bodies corporate: orders U.K.

(1) This section applies if a court makes [F2 an enforcement order, an interim enforcement order, an online interface order or an interim online interface order] against a body corporate and—

(a) at the time the order is made the body corporate is a member of a group of interconnected bodies corporate,

(b) at any time when the order is in force the body corporate becomes a member of a group of interconnected bodies corporate, or

(c) at any time when the order is in force a group of interconnected bodies corporate of which the body corporate is a member is increased by the addition of one or more further members.

(2) The court may direct that the order is binding upon all of the members of the group as if each of them were the body corporate against which the order is made.

(3) A group of interconnected bodies corporate is a group consisting of two or more bodies corporate all of whom are interconnected with each other.

(4) Any two bodies corporate are interconnected—

(a) if one of them is a subsidiary of the other, or

(b) if both of them are subsidiaries of the same body corporate.

[F3 (5) In this section “subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 223(1) substituted (2.6.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/484), regs. 1(2), 2(13) (with reg. 8)

F3 S. 223(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(4) (with art. 10)