(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires -
"annual accounts" has the meaning given in section 81B(1);
"the annual business statement" has the meaning given by section 74(1);
"the applicable winding up legislation" and "the companies winding up legislation" have the meanings given by section 90;
"the Companies Acts" has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Companies Act 2006;
"associated undertaking" has the meaning given by section 119A;
"authorised" in relation to any time, means having an authorisation current at that time;
"the appropriate authority" means - (a) in relation to a building society which is a PRA-authorised person, the PRA; and (b) in relation to a building society which is not a PRA-authorised person, the FCA;
"the FCA" means the Financial Conduct Authority;
"the PRA" means the Prudential Regulation Authority;
"PRA-authorised person" has the meaning in section 2B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
"ballot" means an electronic
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