Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6))N.I.
68(1)Amend Article 10A (meaning of “offer to the public”) as follows.
(2)In paragraph (3)(a)(iii), for “widow or widower” substitute “ surviving spouse or surviving civil partner ”.
(3)In paragraph (6)(a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
69In Article 11 (employees' share scheme), in paragraph (b), for “wives, husbands, widows, widowers” substitute “ spouses, civil partners, surviving spouses, surviving civil partners ”.
70In Article 211 (notification of family and corporate interests), in paragraph (1), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
71(1)Amend Article 335 (extension of Article 331 to spouses and children) as follows.
(2)In paragraph (1)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “wife or husband” insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b)in the words following sub-paragraph (b), after “as the case may be,” insert “ civil partner or ”.
(3)In the heading to Article 335, after “spouses” insert “ , civil partners ”.
72(1)Amend Article 336 (extension of Article 332 to spouses and children) as follows.
(2)In paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a), after “wife or husband” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)In paragraph (3)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ” and after “wife, husband,” insert “ civil partner, ”.
(4)In the heading to Article 336, after “spouses” insert “ , civil partners ”.
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Textual Amendments
74In Article 423E (associates), in paragraph (8) after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
75In Schedule 7 (matters to be dealt with in directors' report), in paragraph 2B(3) (immediate family), after “spouse” insert “ , civil partner ”.