{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Rights attached to shares held by way of security shall be treated as held by the person providing the security—\n(a) where apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in accordance with his instructions, and\n(b) where the shares are held in connection with the granting of loans as part of normal business activities and apart from the right to exercise them for the purpose of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the rights are exercisable only in his interests.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 5-11 applied (6.4.2008) by The Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors' Report) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/409), regs. 8(1), 10, Sch. 6 para. 19(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 5-11 applied (6.4.2008) by The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/410), reg. 9, Sch. 6 para. 19(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 5-11 applied (6.4.2008) by 1986 c. 53, s. 119A(5)(b) (as inserted by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109 (with arts. 6, 11, 12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 5-11 applied (1.10.2008) by The Large and Medium-sized Limited Liability Partneships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1913), reg. 6, Sch. 3 para. 19(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 5-11 applied (1.10.2008) by The Small Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1912), regs. 6, 7, Sch. 4 para. 19(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied by 2014 c. 2, Sch. 1D para. 2(8) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/23",
      "affecting_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/schedule/7/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+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."
}