{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-317A",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1986/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked",
  "path": "article/317A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "317A",
  "heading": "Provisions protecting directors from liability",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies in relation to any liability attaching to a director of a company in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in relation to the company.\n(2) Any provision which purports to exempt (to any extent) a director of a company from any liability within paragraph (1) is void.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a director of—\n(a) the company, or\n(b) an associated company,\nagainst any liability within paragraph (1) is void.\n(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a qualifying third party indemnity provision within the meaning of Article 317B(1).\n(5) Paragraph (3) does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of—\n(a) the company, or\n(b) an associated company,\ninsurance against any liability within paragraph (1).\n(6) In this Article—\n“associated company”, in relation to a company (“C”), means a company which is C's subsidiary, or C's holding company or a subsidiary of C's holding company;\n“provision” means a provision of any nature, whether or not it is contained in a company's articles or in any contract with a company.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/317A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:35.100869+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."
}