Version Superseded: 01/10/2009
Point in time view as at 22/12/2000. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Companies Act 1985, Section 735.
(1)In this Act—
(a)“company” means a company formed and registered under this Act, or an existing company;
(b)“existing company” means a company formed and registered under the former Companies Acts, but does not include a company registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act 1862or the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 in what was then Ireland;
(c)“the former Companies Acts” means the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act 1862, the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, the M1Companies Act 1929 and the Companies Acts 1948 to 1983.
(2)“Public company” and “private company” have the meanings given by section 1(3).
(3)“The Joint Stock Companies Acts” means the M2 Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 the M3Joint Stock Companies Acts 1856, M4 1857, the M5Joint Stock Banking Companies Act 1857and the Act to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to be formed on the principle of limited liability, or any one or more of those Acts (as the case may require), but does not include the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844
(4)The definitions in this section apply unless the contrary intention appears.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 735 modified (8.10.2004) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), regs. 85, 88, Sch. 4 para. 5 (with Sch. 4 para. 11)
Marginal Citations
M21856 20 & 21 Vict. c. 14
M31856 20 & 21 Vict. c. 49
M41857 21 & 22 Vict. c. 91
M51844 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110
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