F829[1274. (1) Other than in the case of a designated ULC, sections 347 and 348 (which require documents to be annexed to annual returns) shall not apply to an ULC.

(2) In this section "designated ULC" means—

(a) an ULC that at any time during the relevant financial year—

(i) has been a subsidiary undertaking of an undertaking which was at that time limited,

(ii) has had rights exercisable in respect of it by or on behalf of 2 or more undertakings which were at that time limited, being rights which if exercisable by one of the undertakings would have made the ULC a subsidiary undertaking of it, or

(iii) has been a holding company of an undertaking which was at that time limited,

(b) an ULC which is a credit institution or an insurance undertaking or the holding company of a credit institution or an insurance undertaking,

(c) an ULC, all of the members of which are—

(i) companies limited by shares or by guarantee,

(ii) unlimited companies, each of whose members is a limited company,

(iii) partnerships which are not limited partnerships, each of whose members is a limited company,

(iv) limited partnerships, each of whose general partners (within the meaning of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907) is a limited company, or

(v) any combination of the types of bodies referred to in the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph and paragraph (a),

or

(d) an ULC, the direct or indirect members of which comprise any combination of ULCs and bodies referred to in paragraph (c) such that the ultimate beneficial owners enjoy the protection of limited liability.

(3) References in subsection (2) to a limited company, an unlimited company, a partnership or a limited partnership shall include references to a body which is not governed by the law of the State but which is comparable to such a limited company, an unlimited company, a partnership or a limited partnership, as may be appropriate.

(4) References in subsection (2)(a) to an undertaking being limited at a particular time are references to an undertaking (under whatever law established), the liability of whose members at that time is limited.

(5) In this section—

"general partner" has the same meaning as it has in the Limited Partnerships Act 1907;

"limited partnership" means a partnership to which the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 applies;

"partnership" has the same meaning as it has in the Partnership Act 1890.]