Companies Act 2014
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Status of existing PLC | ||
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1018. (1) A public limited company incorporated under the prior Companies Acts and in existence immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue in existence and be deemed to be a PLC to which this Part applies. | ||
(2) In subsection (1) “public limited company incorporated under the prior Companies Acts” includes an old public limited company (within the meaning of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1983 ) that re-registered as a public limited company under that Act as well as a public limited company that any company re-registered as under the prior Companies Acts. | ||
(3) Reference, express or implied, in this Act to the date of registration of a company mentioned in a preceding subsection shall be read as a reference to the date on which the company was registered under the Joint Stock Companies Act 1862, the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 or the prior Companies Acts, as the case may be. |