The charges requiring registration under this Chapter are those which if created by a company registered in Great Britain would require registration under Part XII of this Act.
Whether a charge is one requiring registration under this Chapter shall be determined—
in the case of a charge over property of a company at the date it delivers documents for registration under section 691, as at that date,
in the case of a charge created by a registered oversea company, as at the date the charge is created, and
in the case of a charge over property acquired by a registered oversea company, as at the date of the acquisition.
In the following provisions of this Chapter references to a charge are, unless the context otherwise requires, to a charge requiring registration under this Chapter.