Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 31 U.K. Dissolution and restoration to the register

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 31 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (E.W.S.) (1.12.2013) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c. 7), ss. 4(1)(2)(c), 8(2); S.I. 2013/2936, art. 2

C2 Pt. 31 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), ss. 135, 154 (with Sch. 5)

C3 Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

Chapter 2 U.K. Property of dissolved company

Property vesting as bona vacantia U.K.

1012 Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia U.K.

(1) When a company is dissolved, all property and rights whatsoever vested in or held on trust for the company immediately before its dissolution (including leasehold property, but not including property held by the company on trust for another person) are deemed to be bona vacantia and—

(a) accordingly belong to the Crown, or to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall for the time being (as the case may be), and

(b) vest and may be dealt with in the same manner as other bona vacantia accruing to the Crown, to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall.

(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to the possible restoration of the company to the register under Chapter 3 (see section 1034).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Ss. 1012-1023 applied (with modifications) by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53), Sch. 15 para. 57(1)(3) (as substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 87(11)(b) (with art. 10))

C5 Ss. 1012-1023 applied by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), Sch. 10 para. 68(1) (as substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 133(7)(b)(i) (with art. 10))

C6 Ss. 1012-1014 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 52 (with Sch. 1 paras. 22, 34, 35)

C7 Ss. 1012-1023 applied (with modifications) (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 180(10) (with reg. 189)