{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1986/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Certificate of re-registration under Article 53",
  "text": "(1) If the registrar is satisfied, on an application under Article 53, that a company may be re-registered under that Article as a public company, he shall—\n(a) retain the application and other documents delivered to him under that Article; and\n(b) issue the company with a certificate of incorporation stating that the company is a public company.\n(2) The registrar may accept a declaration under Article 53(3)(e) or a statement under Article 53(3A) as sufficient evidence that the special resolution required by that Article has been passed and the other conditions of re-registration have been satisfied.\n(3) The registrar shall not issue a certificate of incorporation if it appears to him that the court has made an order confirming a reduction of the company's capital which has the effect of bringing the nominal value of the company's allotted share capital below the authorised minimum (see Chapter 2 of Part 20 of the Companies Act 2006).\n(4) Upon the issue to a company of a certificate of incorporation under this Article—\n(a) the company by virtue of the issue of that certificate becomes a public company; and\n(b) any alterations in the memorandum and articles of association set out in the resolution take effect accordingly.\n(5) A certificate of incorporation is conclusive evidence—\n(a) that the requirements of this Order in respect of re-registration and of matters precedent and incidental thereto have been complied with; and\n(b) that the company is a public company.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 2003/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 57(3) inserted (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 121 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:35.100869+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}