{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-84.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/84",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation) —\n(a) before the definition of “the 2006 Act” insert—\n““the EC Regulation means Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “SE”;\n(c) after the definition of “XML Gateway” and “XML” insert—\n““UK Societas” means a European Public Limited-Liability Company, within the meaning of the EC Regulation, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, which was registered in the United Kingdom and which on IP completion day converted to a United Kingdom 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. 84(c) 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), 3(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2016/621."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 84 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/84",
    "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."
}