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                                  (a) any other partnership having a member in common with
                                      the licensed partnership;

                                  (b) any body corporate which is or has at any relevant time
                                      been a member of the licensed partnership;

                                  (c) any body corporate in the case of which the partners in
                                      the licensed partnership, either alone or with any
                                      associate or associates,  holds 50% or more of the shares
                                      or are entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of,
                                      more than 50% of the voting power at a general meeting
                                      or meeting of the board of directors; or


                                  (d) any subsidiary or holding company of any such body
                                      corporate as is mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) or any
                                      holding company of any such subsidiary.

                                (6) The provisions of this section shall apply to a former
                           permitted person as they apply to a permitted person.
                                (7) The costs and expenses of and relating to a report under
                           this section shall be paid by the permitted person concerned.

                                (8) No statutory or other duty to which a reporting
                           accountant or person may be subject shall be regarded as
                           contravened by reason of the reporting accountant or person
                           communicating in good faith to the Commission any information
                           or opinion under subsection (1).

                                (9) This section applies to any matter of which the reporting
                           accountant or person becomes aware in the capacity of reporting
                           accountant or person making a report under subsection (1) and which
                           relates to the business or affairs of the relevant permitted person.


                                                        PART 6

                               MEDIATION, COMPENSATION AND CONTRACTS

                           24. Schedule 4 shall have effect with respect to mediation and Mediation and
                           adjudication in financial services disputes.                         adjudication
                                                                                                in financial
                                                                                                services
                                                                                                disputes
                           25. (1) The Treasury may make regulations establishing a Compensation
                           scheme for compensating investors and depositors in cases where      schemes
                           persons who are or have been —

                                  (a) licenceholders;

                                  (b) the holders of licences under any Act repealed by this Act;

                                  (c) the holders of licences under section 3 of the Banking
                                      Act 1975,                                                 [c.9]
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