C1Part 3A company's constitution
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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Chapter 2Articles of association
General
18Articles of association
1
A company must have articles of association prescribing regulations for the company.
2
Unless it is a company to which model articles apply by virtue of section 20 (default application of model articles in case of limited company), it must register articles of association.
3
Articles of association registered by a company must—
a
be contained in a single document, and
b
be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively.
4
References in the Companies Acts to a company's “articles” are to its articles of association.
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2