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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dormant-bank-and-building-society-accounts-act-2008/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/31",
  "legislation_title": "Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dormant-bank-and-building-society-accounts-act-2008",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“account” has the meaning given by section 9;\n...\n“balance” has the meaning given by section 8;\n“bank” has the meaning given by section 7;\n“building society” means a building society incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) under the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53);\n“charity” means a body, or the trustees of a trust, established for charitable purposes only;\n“dormant (except in the term “dormant assets funds”) ” has the meaning given by section 10;\n“financial year”—\n(a)in relation to a company (other than a building society) within the meaning of the Companies Act 2006, has the meaning given in section 390(1) to (3) of that Act;\n(b)in relation to an undertaking that is not a company within the meaning of that Act (and is not a building society), has the meaning given in section 390(4) of that Act;\n(c)in relation to a building society, has the meaning given in section 117 of the Building Societies Act 1986;\n“group” means a parent undertaking and its subsidiary undertakings;\n“parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” have the same meaning as in the Companies Act 2006 (see section 1162 of that Act);\n“reclaim fund” has the meaning given by section 5(1).\n“transfers”, in relation to the balance of a dormant account, includes bringing about the transfer of the balance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 6 omitted (6.6.2022) by virtue of Dormant Assets Act 2022 (c. 5), s. 34(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(a); S.I. 2022/582, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6 inserted (6.6.2022) by Dormant Assets Act 2022 (c. 5), s. 34(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(b); S.I. 2022/582, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 6 inserted (6.6.2022) by Dormant Assets Act 2022 (c. 5), s. 34(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(c); S.I. 2022/582, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 12.3.2009 by S.I. 2009/490, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/31/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:31.523914+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."
}