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16. Failure by old public limited company to re-register as another form of company.

Repealed from 1 June 2015

(1) Where an old public limited company has within the re-registration period applied for re-registration as a form of company other than a public limited company, and the registrar has notified the company that it has failed to fulfil the requirements for such re-registration, the company and any officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence unless within a period of 12 months from the end of the re-registration period -

(a) those requirements have been fulfilled and the re-registration has taken place; or

(b) the company has been re-registered in a form other than that for which application was made; or

(c) the company has been wound up voluntarily under section 251 of the Principal Act.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1500 together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £25 for every day on which the offence continues, but not exceeding £500

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