76.—(1) Part 5 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (winding up of unregistered companies) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2) For section 220 (meaning of “unregistered company”) substitute—
For the purposes of this Part “unregistered company” includes any association and any company, with the exception of a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 in any part of the United Kingdom.”.
(3) In section 221(1) (winding up of unregistered companies), omit “and the Companies Act”.
(4) In section 225 (oversea company may be wound up though dissolved), in the heading, for “Oversea company” substitute “ Company incorporated outside Great Britain ”.
(5) In section 226 (contributories in winding up of unregistered company), omit subsection (4) (which is unnecessary).
(6) In section 229 (provisions of Part 5 to be cumulative)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “companies formed and registered under the Companies Act” substitute “ companies registered under the Companies Act 2006 in England and Wales or Scotland ”;
(b)omit subsection (2).