{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-140.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1298",
  "legislation_title": "The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/140",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Provisions in respect of amendments made to the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 and Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company",
  "text": "In regulations 141 to 145—\n“the 2004 Regulations” means the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 ;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006 ;\n“the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company;\n“SE” means a European Public Limited-Liability Company (or Societas Europaea) within the meaning of the EC Regulation, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, that was registered in the United Kingdom;\n“UK Societas” means a SE which on IP completion day converted to a UK Societas within the meaning of the EC Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 140 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Companies and Statutory Auditors etc. (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/523), regs. 1(2), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/2326."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2006 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 140 in force on IP completion day, see reg. 1 and 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1298/regulation/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:03.004131+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."
}