A Southern Region association, a Southern Region savings and loan holding company, a South Carolina association, or a South Carolina savings and loan holding company may acquire or control, and does not cease to be a Southern Region association, a Southern Region savings and loan holding company, a South Carolina association, or South Carolina savings and loan holding company, respectively, by virtue of its acquisition or control of:

(1) An association having offices in a state other than a Southern Region state, if the acquisition has been consummated pursuant to the provisions of Section 123 of the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, 12 U.S.C. § 1730a(m); or

(2) An association or savings and loan holding company other than as expressly permissible under subsection (1) of this section or under §§ 34-28-310 and 34-28-320 if:

(a) Immediately following the consummation of the acquisition, the South Carolina association, South Carolina savings and loan holding company, Southern Region association, or Southern Region savings and loan holding company qualifies as such, and

(b) The association or savings and loan holding company making the application complies with the approval and notification requirements in §§ 34-28-310 through 34-28-330.