2. Article 654(1) (registered numbers) applies in relation to SEs as it applies in relation to companies, as if it referred to the allocation of a number to an SE.
Article 654 was substituted by Article 78 of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to, the Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10)), and amended by S.R. 1993 No. 198