4Copies of Royal Charter and constitution to be registered

4 Copies of Royal Charter and constitution to be registered

[Section 4 Substituted by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 ]

(1)  If, after the commencement of Schedule 10 to the Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 –

(a) any new, amended, or supplementary Royal Charter is granted to the Association or the corporation;

(b) any new constitution is adopted; or

(c) any amendment is made to the constitution –

the corporation shall, as soon as practicable (but in no case more than 6 months after the granting of that Charter, adoption of that constitution, or making of that amendment) cause to be deposited with the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs a copy, certified under the common seal of the corporation, of that Royal Charter, new constitution, or amendment.

(2)  On receipt of any document required by subsection (1) to be deposited with him, the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs shall register the document as if it were the articles of association of a company or an amendment to the articles of association of a company, as the case may be.

(3)  Where, immediately before the commencement of Schedule 10 to the Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 , a copy of the Royal Charter or the constitution was deposited with the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs, that Royal Charter or constitution shall, until replaced, subject to any amendment made to it and to any supplementary Royal Charter, continue to have the same effect as if that Schedule had not commenced.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , where the Royal Charter or constitution has been replaced or amended or a supplementary Royal Charter has been granted to the Association, the reference in that subsection to the Royal Charter or constitution deposited with the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs is a reference to the Royal Charter or constitution last deposited with him before the commencement of Schedule 10 to the Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 or, as the case may be, to the Royal Charter or constitution as so amended or the Royal Charter as modified by the supplementary Royal Charter.