Companies Act 2014
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Transitional provision for companies struck off register before commencement of this Chapter | ||
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744. (1) Subject to subsection (3), sections 736 to 743 shall apply to a company that has been struck off the register under any former enactment relating to companies (within the meaning of section 5 ) before the commencement of this Chapter. | ||
(2) For that purpose— | ||
(a) references in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter to a company that has been struck off the register under Chapter 1 shall be read as references to a company that has been struck off under the former enactment relating to companies (within the foregoing meaning), | ||
(b) references in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter to the date of dissolution of the company shall be read as references to the date of its dissolution under the former enactment relating to companies (within the foregoing meaning), and | ||
(c) the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall apply with other necessary modifications. | ||
(3) Neither subsections (1) and (2) nor any other provision of this Chapter applies if, before the date of the commencement of this Chapter, an application has been made under any former enactment relating to companies (within the foregoing meaning) to restore the company to the register and, in such a case, that former enactment shall apply notwithstanding the repeal of it by section 4 . |