Article 5 Amendments of the Companies Act 2006

In section 1067 (registered numbers of branches of overseas company)—

(a)

in the heading for “branches” substitute “UK establishments”;

(b)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

for “branch” substitute “UK establishment”;

(ii)

for “the branch’s registered number” substitute “the UK establishment’s registered number”;

(c)

in subsection (2) for “Branches’ registered numbers” substitute “The registered numbers of UK establishments of overseas companies”;

(d)

in subsection (4) for “a branch’s registered number” substitute “the registered number of a UK establishment”;

(e)

in subsection (5) for “the branch’s registered number” substitute “the UK establishment’s registered number”;

(f)

after that subsection add—

“(6)
In this Part “establishment”, in relation to an overseas company, means—

(a)
a branch within the meaning of the Eleventh Company Law Directive (89/666/EEC)^f1, or

(b)
a place of business that is not such a branch,

and “UK establishment” means an establishment in the United Kingdom.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 36.