Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Building liability orders Section 131: Building liability orders: associates Background
This is a new provision.
	The definitions used within this section have a basis in the Petroleum Act 1998 and the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
Example
A body corporate A shares all of its directors with a body corporate B. It could be argued that A is able to ensure that B acts how A wishes B to conduct its affairs.
B controls 100% of the voting rights exercisable in the general meetings of body corporate C.
C is a member of a limited liability partnership of which bodies corporate D and E are also members.
D controls the majority of the voting rights in the limited liability partnership.
Due to these connections and subsection (6), A, B, C, D and E are associated under this section.
Under this section, if any of A, B, C, D, or E have a claim brought against them which is the result of a relevant liability being incurred, then the High Court may apply a building liability order to any or all of the others, if the claimants request it and if the High Court considers it just