166.—(1) The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2(2) (interpretation), in the appropriate place insert—
““registrar of companies” means registrar of companies for Northern Ireland;”.
(3) In Article 11(registrar of companies etc), omit paragraph (2).
(4) In Article 12(6)M1 (official receiver), in the definition of “the insolvency legislation” omit “the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986,”.
(5) In Schedule 2 (functions relating to companies which may be contracted out)—
(a)for paragraphs 2 and 3 (and the heading before paragraph 2) substitute—
2. Functions of the registrar of companies in relation to—
(a)the incorporation of companies under Part 2 of the Companies Act 2006;
(b)the change of name of companies under Chapter 5 of Part 5 of that Act;
(c)the re-registration and change of status of companies under Part 7 and sections 649 (registration of order and statement of capital), 650, 651 and 665 (re-registration of public company as private company on reduction of capital) of that Act.
3. Functions conferred on the registrar of companies by or under any of the following provisions of the Companies Act 2006—
(a)section 1065 (certificate of incorporation);
(b)sections 1066(1) and (3) and 1067(1) and (3) (registered numbers: companies and establishments of overseas companies), except so far as they relate to the determination of the form of the registered numbers;
(c)sections 1085 and 1086 (inspection etc. of records kept by registrar), except so far as they relate to the form in which copies of the information contained in those records may be made available.”;
(b)for paragraphs 7 and 8 (and the heading before paragraph 7) substitute—
7. Functions conferred on the registrar of companies by or under regulation 14 of the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989 (inspection of documents).
8. Functions conferred on the registrar of companies by or under an enactment listed in paragraph 2 or 3 as (and so far as) it applies by virtue of regulation 18 of those Regulations (application of provisions of Companies Acts).”;
(c)omit Parts 2 and 3.
Marginal Citations
M1Article 12(6) was amended by S.I. 2002/3150, Schedule 3, paragraph 13.