Companies Act 1985

52 Certification of re-registration under s. 51.E+W+S

(1)The register shall retain the application and other documents lodged with him under section 51, and shall issue to the company a certificate of incorporation appropriate to the status to be assumed by the company by virtue of that section.

(2)On the issue of the certificate—

(a)the status of the company is, by virtue of the issue, changed from unlimited to limited; and

(b)the alterations in the memorandum specified in the resolution and the alterations in, and additions to, the articles so specified take effect.

(3)The certificate is conclusive evidence that the requirements of section 51 in respect of re-registration and of matters precedent and incidental to it have been complied with, and that the company was authorised to be re-registered in pursuance of that section and was duly so re-registered.