(1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 26, 28 to 31 and 34 to 36 shall apply -
(a) to a company which has passed and not revoked a special resolution to be re-registered under section 9 or section 11;
(b) to a company whose directors have passed and not revoked a resolution to be re-registered under section 12; and
(c) to a joint stock company (within the meaning of section 329 of the Principal Act) which has passed and not revoked a resolution that the company be a public limited company;
as those sections apply to a public limited company.
(2) Section 26 and sections 28 to 31 shall not apply to the allotment of shares by a company, other than a public limited company registered as such on its original incorporation, where the contract for their allotment was entered into -
(a) except in a case falling within paragraph (b), before the end of the general transitional period;
(b) in the case of a company re-registered or registered as a public limited company in pursuance of a res