# The Companies Overseas Branch Registers (Hong Kong) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st July 1997, amends Part I of Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 1985, which specifies the countries and territories in which by virtue of section 362 of that Act a company may cause to be kept in such country or territory a branch register of members there resident, by inserting a reference to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Part I of Schedule 14 will thereby continue to apply to Hong Kong after 30 June 1997 notwithstanding that the Region will not be a part of Her Majesty’s dominions.
The Order makes a corresponding amendment to Part I of Schedule 14 to the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1313/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-overseas-branch-registers-hong-kong-order-1997/note
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