# Companies Act 2006, Section 666: Effect of failure to re-register


(1) If a public company that is required by section 662 to apply to be re-registered as a private company fails to do so before the end of the period specified in subsection (3) of that section, Chapter 1 of Part 20 (prohibition of public offers by private company) applies to it as if it were a private company.
(2) Subject to that, the company continues to be treated as a public company until it is so re-registered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/666 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-666
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