# The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked), Article 642A: Change in registration regime

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a company ceases to be a company to which Article 640A applies and, immediately after ceasing to be such a company—
(a) continues to have in Northern Ireland a place of business which it had immediately before ceasing to be such a company, and
(b) does not have a branch in Great Britain,
it shall be treated for the purposes of Article 641 as having established the place of business on the date when it ceased to be a company to which Article 640A applies.
(2) Where a limited company incorporated outside the United Kingdom and Gibraltar—
(a) ceases to have a branch in Great Britain, and
(b) both immediately before and immediately after ceasing to do so, has a place of business, but not a branch, in Northern Ireland,
it shall be treated for the purposes of Article 641 as having established the place of business on the date when it ceased to have a branch in Great Britain.
(3) Schedule 20B (transitional provisions in relation to change in registration regime) shall have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/642A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-642A
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