5. For the purposes of this Schedule, sections 425 to 427 of the 1985 Act are, subject to paragraph 6, to have effect in respect of any application made by virtue of paragraph 2 or 3 as they have effect in respect of applications falling within section 427A(1) of that Act (that is to say, subject to the provisions of section 427A of, and Schedule 15B to, that Act (mergers and divisions of public companies))(1).
Section 427A of, and Schedule 15B to, the 1985 Act were inserted by the Companies (Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1991).