# The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011, Paragraph 7: Old public company holding, or having charge on, own shares

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In sections 662 to 669 of the Companies Act 2006 (treatment of shares held by or for public company) references to a public company do not include an old public company.
(2) Section 668 of that Act (application of sections 662 to 667 to private company re-registering as public company) applies to an old public company as to a private company.
(3) In the case of a company that—
(a) after 22nd March 1982 remained an old public company, and
(b) did not before that date apply to be re-registered as a public company,
any charge on its own shares which was in existence on or immediately before that date is a permitted charge and not void under section 670 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1265/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-consequential-amendments-and-transitional-provisions-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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