{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1801",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“accounting documents”—\n(a)in relation to an overseas company to which Chapter 2 of Part 5 applies (companies required to prepare and disclose accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 31(2), and\n(b)in relation to a credit or financial institution to which Chapter 2 of Part 6 applies (institutions required to prepare accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 44(2);\n“certified copy” means a copy certified as a correct copy;\n“constitution”, in relation to an overseas company, means the charter, statutes, memorandum and articles of association or other instrument constituting or defining the company's constitution;\n“credit or financial institution” means a credit or financial institution to which section 1050 of the Companies Act 2006 applies;\n“disclosure”, in relation to a credit or financial institution to which Chapter 2 of Part 6 applies, has the meaning given by regulation 44(2);\n“establishment” means—\n(a)a branch within the meaning of the Eleventh Company Law Directive (89/666/EEC) , or\n(b)a place of business that is not such a branch,\nand “UK establishment” means an establishment in the United Kingdom;\n“financial period”—\n(a)in relation to an overseas company to which Chapter 2 of Part 5 applies (companies required to prepare and disclose accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 31(2), and\n(b)in relation to a credit or financial institution to which Chapter 2 of Part 6 applies (institutions required to prepare accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 44(2);\n...\n“former name”, in the case of an individual, means a name by which the individual was formerly known for business purposes;\n“name”, in the case of an individual, means the person's Christian name (or other forename) and surname, except that in the case of—\n(a)a peer, or\n(b)an individual usually known by a title,\nthe title may be stated instead of the individual's Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them; and\n“parent law”—\n(a)in relation to an overseas company to which Chapter 2 of Part 5 applies (companies required to prepare and disclose accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 31(2), and\n(b)in relation to a credit or financial institution to which Chapter 2 of Part 6 applies (institutions required to prepare accounts under parent law), has the meaning given by regulation 44(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 4; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1801/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:25.534787+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."
}