Companies Act 2014 section 1335

Application of Act to unlimited companies re-registered as limited companies under certain former enactments

Section 1335 deals with how the Companies Act 2014 applies to unlimited companies that were re-registered as limited companies under older legislation, specifically the Companies Act 1879 or section 57 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908.

• The Companies Act 2014 applies to unlimited companies that re-registered as limited companies under the Companies Act 1879 or section 57 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, in the same way it applies to unlimited companies re-registered as limited under the 2014 Act itself.
• Any reference in the 2014 Act to the "date of registration" is to be read as the date the company was originally registered as a limited company under whichever of those former enactments applied.
• The provision ensures continuity of treatment for companies that converted from unlimited to limited status under historical legislation that has since been replaced.
• This section derives from section 326 of the Companies Act 1963 and preserves the same principle of equal treatment regardless of which era's legislation governed the original re-registration.