{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004/regulation-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004/regulation-87.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/87",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Registration under the 2006 Act",
  "text": "(1) As from the date on which the application for registration is delivered to the registrar under regulation 85, section 14 of the 2006 Act (registration) shall apply in relation to the documents delivered with the application for registration as if—\n(a) they have been delivered under section 9 of that Act (registration documents), and\n(b) the requirements of that Act in respect of registration had been complied with.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) On registration of the documents referred to in paragraph (1) the registrar shall give a certificate—\n(a) that the converting UK Societas is incorporated and retains the legal personality it had when a UK Societas;\n(b) that those documents are registered under the 2006 Act; and\n(c) that it is a public company limited by shares.\n(4) The certificate is conclusive evidence—\n(a) that the requirements of the 2006 Act in respect of registration ... have been complied with, and\n(b) that on and after the registration the converting UK Societas is a public company limited by shares.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 87(1) substituted (1.10.2014) by The European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2382), regs. 1, 32"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 87(2) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(3) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(4)(a) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 42(a)(ii) (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 42(a)(i) (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 87(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(4)(b) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(4)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(5)(a) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(4)(a) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(5)(b) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 87(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 42(b) (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 87 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), regs. 1(2), 34(6) (with reg. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2326/regulation/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:19:03.778295+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."
}