3(1)Article 604 (objection to striking off by persons aggrieved) shall be amended as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (1)—
(a)for “The following” there shall be substituted “ Paragraph (2) ”, and
(b)at the end there shall be inserted “ under Article 603. ”
(3)After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)Paragraphs (2B) and (2D) apply if a company has been struck off the register under Article 603A.
(2B)The court, on an application by a notifiable person made before the expiration of 20 years from publication in the Belfast Gazette of notice under Article 603A(4), may, if satisfied—
(a)that any duty under Article 603B or 603C with respect to the giving to that person of a copy of the company’s application under Article 603A was not performed,
(b)that the making of the company’s application under Article 603A involved a breach of duty under Article 603B(1) or (3), or
(c)that it is for some other reason just to do so,
order the company’s name to be restored to the register.
(2C)In paragraph (2B), “notifiable person” means a person to whom a copy of the company’s application under Article 603A was required to be given under Article 603B or 603C.
(2D)The court, on an application by the Department made before the expiration of 20 years from publication in the Belfast Gazette of notice under Article 603A(4), may, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, order the company’s name to be restored.”
(4)In paragraph (3)—
(a)for “the order” there shall be substituted “ an order under paragraph (2), (2B) or (2D) ”, and
(b)after “company”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “ to which the order relates ”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 6 para. 3(2) amended (retrospective to 1.11.1995) by S.I. 1996/1632 (N.I. 11), art. 18, Sch. 5 para. 6