Section 676: Companies registered but not formed under former Companies Acts.

Companies Act 1985 · 1985 c. 6View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XXII: Bodies Corporate Subject, or Becoming Subject, to this Act (Otherwise than by Original Formation Under Part I) — Chapter I: Companies Formed or Registered under Former Companies Acts

This Act applies to every company registered but not formed under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act 1862, the Companies (Consolidated) Act 1908, the Companies Act 1929, or the Companies Act 1948, in the same manner as it is in Chapter II of this Part declared to apply to companies registered but not formed under this Act.

But reference, express or implied, to the date of registration is to be read as referring to the date at which the company was registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act 1862, the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, the Companies Act 1929, or the Companies Act 1948.

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