C5C4Part 4A company's capacity and related matters
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4
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
Formalities of doing business under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland
C1C2C343Company contracts
1
Under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland a contract may be made—
a
by a company, by writing under its common seal, or
b
on behalf of a company, by a person acting under its authority, express or implied.
2
Any formalities required by law in the case of a contract made by an individual also apply, unless a contrary intention appears, to a contract made by or on behalf of a company.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))