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

PART 4 Consequential provisions

Amendment of primary legislation

62.—(1) The Companies Act 2006(1) 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,”.

Amendment of secondary legislation

63.  In the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993(2)—

(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”.

64.  In the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Registration of Companies) Order 1995(3)—

(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”.

65.  In the Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off Regulations 2009(4), in regulation 8(2)(k), for “European” substitute “UK”.

66.  In the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships and Newspaper Proprietors) Regulations 2009(5)—

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

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

67.  In the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015(6), 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”;”.

68.  In the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017(7), 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”;”.

(1)

2006 c. 46.

(2)

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

(3)

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

(4)

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

(5)

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

(6)

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

(7)

S.I. 2017/1212.