Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Act 2017

3Company name and adoption of model articles

(1)Notwithstanding anything in regulations made under section 1042 of the 2006 Act (power to make regulations in respect of companies not registered under that Act) or anything in any enactment or other instrument constituting or regulating the Company, the Company may by special resolution adopt the model articles with such modifications as appear to it to be appropriate.

(2)The model articles, as so adopted by the Company under subsection (1), may apply to the Company any provision of the 2006 Act as may be necessary or appropriate with such modifications as may be necessary or appropriate.

(3)So far as there is any inconsistency between a provision of any of the model articles adopted under subsection (1) (provision A) and a provision of the 1930 Act (provision B)—

(a)until the day on which section 5 comes into force in accordance with section 20, provision B prevails;

(b)on and after that day, provision A prevails.

(4)In this section “the model articles” means the model articles for private companies limited by shares set out in Schedule 1 to the Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3229) or any regulations replacing those regulations.

(5)Nothing shall require the alteration of the name of the Company in order for it to be registered under the 2006 Act, despite it being a company limited by shares.