# The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011, Paragraph 5: Old public company becoming private: statutory declaration


(1) If an old public company delivers to the registrar a statutory declaration by a director or secretary of the company that the company does not at the time of the declaration satisfy the conditions for the company to be re-registered as public, the registrar shall issue the company with a certificate stating that it is a private company.
(2) The company then becomes a private company by virtue of the issue of the certificate.
(3) A certificate issued to a company under sub-paragraph (1) is conclusive evidence that the requirements of this paragraph have been complied with and that the company is a private company.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111507865/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-consequential-amendments-and-transitional-provisions-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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