Companies Act 1985

Prospective

[F1 703L Provisions as to situation of property. E+W+S

(1) The following provisions apply for determining for the purposes of this Chapter whether a vehicle which is the property of an oversea company is situated in Great Britain—

(a) a ship, aircraft or hovercraft shall be regarded as situated in Great Britain if, and only if, it is registered in Great Britain;

(b) any other description of vehicle shall be regarded as situated in Great Britain on a day if, and only if, at any time on that day the management of the vehicle is directed from a place of business of the company in Great Britain;

and for the purposes of this Chapter a vehicle shall not be regarded as situated in one part of Great Britain only.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter as it applies to a charge on future property, the subject-matter of the charge shall be treated as situated in Great Britain unless it relates exclusively to property of a kind which cannot, after being acquired or coming into existence, be situated in Great Britain; and references to property situated in a part of Great Britain shall be similarly construed.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Part XXIII Chap. III (ss. 703A–703N) inserted (prosp.) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 105, 213(2), 215(2), Sch. 15 (in place of sections 409 and 424 as mentioned in s. 92 of the 1989 Act)