Schedule 3, Part 1 Application of the Companies Act 2006, the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 and the Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009 to European Public Limited-Liability Companies (paras. 1-12)
Interpretation
1. In this Part -
"the Overseas Companies Regulations" means the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 [S.I. 2009/1801, to which there are amendments not relevant to these provisions.];
"SE" means a European Public Limited-Liability Company (or Societas Europaea), within the meaning of Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company [OJ No. L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1, last amended by OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.1.], as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time.
Application of the Companies Act 2006
2. An SE which subsists on IP completion day is regarded -
(a) for the purpose of section 1044 (overseas companies) of the Companies Act 2006 as having been incorporated outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) for the purpose of section 1050 (accounts and reports: credit or financial institutions) of the Companies Act 2006 as having been incorporated outside the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.
3. In the application of Part 35 of the Companies Act (the registrar of companies) to an SE, references to "director" or "board of directors" are to be read as if they were references -