Branch Registration
2.—(1) This paragraph applies to any limited company incorporated outside the United Kingdom and Gibraltar which—
(a)has an established place of business in Northern Ireland both immediately before 8th June 1993 and immediately after 7th June 1993, and
(b)does not have a branch there immediately after 7th June 1993.
(2) Where, immediately after 7th June 1993, a company to which this paragraph applies has a branch elsewhere in the United Kingdom, Article 641 and 642 of the 1986 Order shall continue to apply to the company (notwithstanding Article 640B of that Order) until such time as it gives the registrar notice of the fact that it is a company to which Article 640A applies.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), “registrar” has the same meaning as in the 1986 Order.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph “branch” has the same meaning as in Article 648(2) of the 1986 Order and whether a branch is in England and Wales or Scotland or Northern Ireland is to be determined in accordance with that Article.