In these Regulations -

(a) "unregistered company" means a body corporate incorporated in, and having a principal place of business in, the United Kingdom, other than - (i) a body incorporated by, or registered under, a public general enactment, (ii) a body not formed for the purpose of carrying on a business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the body or its individual members, (iii) a body for the time being exempted from section 1043 of the Companies Act 2006 by a direction of the Secretary of State under subsection (1)(c) of that section, (iv) an open-ended investment company, or (v) aa protected cell company registered under Part 4 of the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017;

(b) "instrument constituting or regulating the company", in relation to an unregistered company, means any enactment, royal charter, letters patent, deed of settlement, contract of partnership, or other instrument constituting or regulating the company.