Part XXII Bodies Corporate Subject, or Becoming Subject, to this Act (Otherwise than by Original Formation Under Part I)

F1F1Chapter I Companies Formed or Registered under Former Companies Acts

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

675 Companies formed and registered under former Companies Acts.

1

In its application to existing companies, this Act applies in the same manner—

a

in the case of a limited company (other than a company limited by guarantee), as if the company had been formed and registered under Part I of this Act as a company limited by shares,

b

in the case of a company limited by guarantee, as if the company had been formed and registered under that Part as a company limited by guarantee, and

c

in the case of a company other than a limited company, as if the company had been formed and registered under that Part as an unlimited company.

2

But reference, express or implied, to the date of registration is to be read as the date at which the company was registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the M1Companies Act 1862, the M2 Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 the M3Companies Act 1929, or the M4Companies Act 1948.