Consequential amendments
5.—(1) In the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Article 2(3) (general interpretation) –
““EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(1) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(2);”.
(2) In Article 270(1) of that Order (minor definitions for Part VIII)(3), the definition of “EEA State” shall be omitted.
(3) The following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in the index of defined expressions set out in Article 2A of that Order(4) –
| “EEA State | Article 2(3)” |
(4) In the index of defined expressions set out in Article 270A of that Order(5), the entry relating to “EEA State” shall be omitted.
O.J. No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 3
O.J. No. L1, 3.1.94, p. 571
Article 270 was substituted by Article 24 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, (S.I. 1990/593 (N.I.5)) and amended by S.R. 1997 No. 314
Article 2A was inserted by Article 78 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990
Article 270A was inserted by Article 24 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and was amended by S.R. 1997 No. 314