# Housing Act 1996, Section 61: Meaning of “associate”.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Part “associate”, in relation to a registered social landlord, means—
(a) any body of which the landlord is a subsidiary, and
(b) any other subsidiary of such a body.
(2) In this section “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006) or Part 7 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or, in the case of a body which is itself a registered social landlord, has the meaning given by section 60.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-61
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