{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-906",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-906.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/906",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "906",
  "heading": "Publication of draft terms by registrar(merger)",
  "text": "(1) The directors of each of the merging companies must deliver a copy of the draft terms to the registrar.\n(2) The registrar must publish in the Gazette notice of receipt by him from that company of a copy of the draft terms.\n(3) That notice must be published at least one month before the date of any meeting of that company summoned for the purpose of approving the scheme.\n(4) The requirements in this section are subject to section 906A (publication of draft terms on company website).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 906(4) inserted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 906: words in heading inserted (1.8.2011 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Companies (Reporting Requirements in Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1606), reg. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/906",
    "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."
}