The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004

Regulations 85 and 88

SCHEDULE 4 E+W+S [F1 Modifications of the Companies Acts etc]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(12) (with reg. 2)

F2 1.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 4 para. 1 omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(2) (with reg. 2)

Modifications applying on or after registration E+W+S

[F3 2.   A reference to a company’s incorporation shall be construed as a reference to the registration of the documents delivered with the application for registration under regulation 85.] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 4 para. 2 substituted (1.10.2014) by The European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2382), regs. 1, 35

3.  A reference to documents delivered under [F4 the 2006 Act] shall be taken to include a reference to documents delivered under regulation 85. E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(4) (with reg. 2)

4.—(1) A reference to a company’s certificate of incorporation shall be construed as a reference to the certificate given under regulation 87(3). E+W+S

(2) A requirement for the registrar of companies to issue a certificate of incorporation to a company shall—

(a) be construed as a requirement to issue a certificate of registration similar to the certificate under regulation 87(3), and

(b) apply with such other modifications as the registrar considers necessary in consequence of paragraph (a).

[F5 5.   The converting [F6 UK Societas] is treated as if it had been formed (as well as registered) under the 2006 Act.] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 4 para. 5 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(5) (with reg. 2)

F6 Words in Sch. 4 para. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 47(a) (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)

Effect of registration E+W+S

6.   [F7 Section 16 of the 2006 Act] (effect of registration) shall not apply.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(6) (with reg. 2)

7.   [F8 Section 112(1) of the 2006 Act] (definition of “member”) shall not apply.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 4 para. 7 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(7) (with reg. 2)

F9 8.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 4 para. 8 omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(8) (with reg. 2)

Certificate as to share capital E+W+S

9.  The following provisions shall not apply—

(a) [F10 section 761 of [F11 the 2006 Act]] (public company share capital requirements), F12 ...

(b) section 122(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (winding up by the court: lack of certificate under [F10 section 761 of [F11 the 2006 Act]]).

[F13 (c) Article 102(1)(b) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (which corresponds to section 122(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986).]

Textual Amendments

F10 Words in Sch. 4 para. 9(a)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 235(9)(b) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F11 Words in Sch. 4 para. 9 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(9)(a) (with reg. 2)

F12 Word in Sch. 4 para. 9(a) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(9)(b) (with reg. 2)

F13 Sch. 4 para. 9(c) inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(9)(c) (with reg. 2)

F14 10.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 4 para. 10 omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(10) (with reg. 2)

Accounting Reference Date E+W+S

11.  No modification made under this Schedule shall affect the determination of the accounting reference date of a converting [F15 UK Societas] by the application of [F16 section 391(4) of [F17 the 2006 Act]], by virtue of Article 61 of the EC Regulation, or of regulation 83 prior to the registration of the converting [F15 UK Societas] under regulation 87.

Textual Amendments

F15 Words in Sch. 4 para. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 47(b) (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)

F16 Words in Sch. 4 para. 11 substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 235(9)(c) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F17 Words in Sch. 4 para. 11 substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 40(11) (with reg. 2)