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Section 546 Issued and allotted share capitalC1I1

(1)

References in the Companies Acts—

(a)

to “issued share capital” are to shares of a company that have been issued;

(b)

to “allotted share capital” are to shares of a company that have been allotted.

(2)

References in the Companies Acts to issued or allotted shares, or to issued or allotted share capital, include shares taken on the formation of the company by the subscribers to the company's memorandum.

Annotations

Modifications

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S. 546 applied (6.4.2007) by The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/318), reg. 3, Sch. (with reg. 6)

Commencement

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S. 546 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 546 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 546 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 11(1)); s. 546 in force for certain further purposes at 1.10.2007 and 1.11.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(3)(e), 3(2)(a) (with saving in art. 12); s. 546 in force for certain further purposes at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(3)(d) (with savings in arts. 7, 12); s. 546 in force otherwise at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(k) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)

Notes on Part 17

Modifications

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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

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Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2