(1) The associate reference includes a reference to:
(a) a person in concert with whom the primary person is acting, or proposes to act; and
(b) a person who, under the regulations, is, for the purposes of the provision in which the associate reference occurs, an associate of the primary person; and
(c) a person with whom the primary person is, or proposes to become, associated, whether formally or informally, in any other way;
in respect of the matter to which the associate reference relates.
(2) If the primary person has entered, or proposes to enter, into a transaction, or has done, or proposes to do, any act or thing, in order to become associated with another person as mentioned in subsection (1), the associate reference includes a reference to that other person.