Part 8Enforcement of certain consumer legislation

Enforcement procedure

223Bodies corporate: orders

1

This section applies if a court makes an enforcement order or an interim enforcement 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.

5

“Subsidiary” must be construed in accordance with section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6).