# Companies Act 2006, Section 394B: Companies excluded from the dormant subsidiaries exemption

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A company is not entitled to the exemption conferred by section 394A (dormant subsidiaries) if it was at any time within the financial year in question—
(a) a traded company,
(b) a company that—
(i) is an authorised insurance company, a banking company, an e-money issuer, a MiFID investment firm or a UCITS management company, or
(ii) carries on insurance market activity, or
(c) a special register body as defined in section 117(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c 52) or an employers' association as defined in section 122 of that Act or Article 4 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 ( S.I. 1992/807) ( NI 5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/394B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-394B
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