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73.—(1) As a consequence of the vesting in a successor company of any assets and liabilities, the company shall issue such securities of the company as the Department may direct—
(a)to the Department or the Department of Finance and Personnel; or
(b)to any person entitled to require the issue of the securities following their initial allotment to the Department or the Department of Finance and Personnel.
(2) The Department shall not give a direction under paragraph (1) in relation to a successor company at a time when the company has ceased to be wholly owned by the Crown.
(3) Securities required to be issued under this Article shall be issued or allotted at such time or times and on such terms as the Department may direct.
(4) Shares in a company which are issued under this Article—
(a)shall be of such nominal value as the Department may direct; and
(b)shall be issued as fully paid and treated for the purposes of [F1the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2(1) of the Companies Act 2006)] as if they had been paid up by virtue of the payment to the company of their nominal value in cash.
(5) The Department shall not exercise any power conferred by this Article, or dispose of any securities issued or of any rights to securities initially allotted to the Department under this Article, without the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
F2(6) For the purposes of [F3the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006)],[F4 the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002] and the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989F5 the Crown is not to be treated as a shadow director of any successor company by reason that the company is wholly owned by the Crown or that the directors of that company are accustomed to act in accordance with the Crown's directions or instructions.
F1Words in art. 73(4)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 135(2) (with art. 10)
F2By Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 189(2) (with arts. 6, 11, 12) it is provided that in art. 73(6) for "the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986" substitute (6.4.2008) "the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006)"
F3Words in art. 73(6) substituted (1.10.2007) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), arts. 1(3)(a), 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 75 (with savings in art. 12)
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