{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-1-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3428",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-1-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and coming into force",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985; and\n“the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.\n(3) Articles 1, 2, 5, 6, 7(a) and 8 and Schedules 1 and 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 5 come into force on 1st January 2007.\n(4) Articles 3 and 7(b) and Schedule 3 and Part 2 of Schedule 5 come into force on 20th January 2007.\n(5) Articles 4 and 7(c) and Schedule 4 and Part 3 of Schedule 5 come into force on 6th April 2007.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 1.1.2007, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c.6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3428/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:10:10.535881+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}