{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/638",
  "legislation_title": "The European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Application of legislation relating to disqualification of directors",
  "text": "(1) Where a UKEIG or an EEIG establishment is wound up as an unregistered company under Part V of the Insolvency Act 1986, the provisions of sections 1, 2, 4 to 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12(2), 15 to 17, 20 and 22 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 shall apply in relation to the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment as if any reference to a director or past director of a company included a reference to a manager of the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment and any other person who has or has had control or management of the UKEIG's or the EEIG establishment's business and the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment were a company as defined by section 22(2)(b) of that Act.\n(2) Where a UKEIG or an EEIG establishment is wound up as an unregistered company under Part 6 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 the provisions of Articles 2(2) to (6), 3, 5, 7 to 11, 13, 14, 15, 16(2), 19 to 21 and 23 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 shall apply in relation to the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment as if—\n(a) any reference to a director or past director of a company included a reference to a manager of the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment and any other person who has or has had control or management of the UKEIG's or the EEIG establishment's business; and\n(b) the UKEIG or the EEIG establishment were a company as defined by Article 2(2) of that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 renumbered as reg. 20(1) (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 21(2) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 18(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 21(3) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 18(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1)(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 18(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 20(2) inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 21(4) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 20 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 21(5) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 1.7.1989, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/638/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:45:41.240935+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."
}