{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/schedule-1A/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/schedule-1A/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) V holds an interest in company W if—\n(a) V holds shares in company W, directly or indirectly,\n(b) V holds, directly or indirectly, voting rights in company W,\n(c) V holds, directly or indirectly, the right to appoint or remove any member of the board of directors of company W,\n(d) V has the right to exercise, or actually exercises, significant influence or control over company W, or\n(e) sub-paragraph (2) is satisfied.\n(2) This sub-paragraph is satisfied where—\n(a) the trustees of a trust or the members of a firm that, under the law by which it is governed, is not a legal person hold an interest in company W in a way mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (d), and\n(b) V has the right to exercise, or actually exercises, significant influence or control over the activities of that trust or firm.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 1A, 1B inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 2; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, reg. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A paras. 1-24 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804 reg. 31M (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 3, Sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/schedule/1A/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}