(1)
A company shall have articles of association prescribing regulations for the company.
(2)
Unless it is a company to which model articles apply by virtue of section 34 it shall register articles of association.
(3)
Articles of association registered by a company shall be—
(a)
contained in a single document, and
(b)
divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively.
(4)
Reference in this Act to a company’s “articles” are to its articles of association.