Part 7Accounts, audit and annual returns

Interpretation of Part 7

102Interpretation of Part 7

In this Part—

  • company” includes any body corporate other than a registered society;

  • “deposit” is to be read with—

    1. a

      section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,

    2. b

      any relevant order under that section, and

    3. c

      Schedule 2 to that Act;

  • equity share capital”, in relation to a company, means its issued share capital excluding any part of it which (as regards dividends and capital) carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution;

  • qualified auditor” has the meaning given by section 91;

  • small society” has the meaning given by section 83;

  • subsidiary” has the meaning given by sections 100 and 101;

  • turnover”, in relation to a society, means the amounts derived from the provision of goods and services falling within the society's activities after deduction of—

    1. a

      trade discounts,

    2. b

      value added tax, and

    3. c

      any other taxes based on the amounts so derived.