The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

PART 4 U.K. Consequential provisions

Amendment of primary legislation U.K.

62.—(1) The Companies Act 2006 M1 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In section 1099(3), for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) UK Economic Interest Groupings;

(ca) EEIG establishments, within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989;”.

(3) In section 1286(1)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (c), omit “and”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (d), insert “ and ”;

(c) after paragraph (d), insert—

“(e) UK Economic Interest Groupings,”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 62 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 2006 c. 46.

Amendment of secondary legislation U.K.

63.  In the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 M2 —

(a) in regulation 7(1), for sub-paragraph (h) substitute—

“(h) UK Economic Interest Groupings.”;

(b) in regulation 12, for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) UK Economic Interest Groupings;”;

(c) in regulation 21(1)(c), for “European” substitute “ UK ”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 63 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 1993/3138, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

64.  In the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Registration of Companies) Order 1995 M3 —

(a) in article 2(1)—

(i) for the definition of “EEIG” substitute—

““EEIG establishment” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Regulations;”;

(ii) after the definition of “EEIG establishment”, insert—

““UKEIG” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Regulations”;

(b) in Schedule 1, in paragraph 8, for “EEIGs” substitute “ UKEIGs or EEIG establishments ”;

(c) in Schedule 2, in paragraph 4, for “EEIGs” substitute “ UKEIGs or EEIG establishments ”.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 64 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 1995/1013, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

65.  In the Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off Regulations 2009 M4 , in regulation 8(2)(k), for “European” substitute “ UK ”.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 65 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M4 S.I. 2009/1803. In regulation 8(2), sub-paragraph (k) was inserted by S.I. 2009/2399.

66.  In the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships and Newspaper Proprietors) Regulations 2009 M5 —

(a) in regulation 2, omit the definition of “European Economic Interest Grouping”;

(b) in regulation 4(2), for “European” substitute “ UK ”.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 66 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M5 S.I. 2009/2392, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

67.  In the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 M6 , in Schedule 2, in paragraph 3, for sub-paragraph (k) substitute—

“(k) “UK ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING” or the abbreviation (with or without full stops) “UKEIG”;”.

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 67 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M6 S.I. 2015/17, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

68.  In the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 M7 , in regulation 17—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), for paragraph (iii), substitute—

“(iii) UK Economic Interest Grouping;”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(b), for the entry “European Economic Interest Grouping”, insert—

““UK Economic Interest Grouping”;”.

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 68 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M7 S.I. 2017/1212.