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The Companies (Welsh Language Forms and Documents) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/595 · Made 5 March 1996

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COMPANIES

Made 5th March 1996

Coming into force 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 225(1), 701 and 744 of the Companies Act 1985f1, as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 6. Section 225 was substituted by section 3 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40) and prospectively amended by regulation 3 of S.I. 1996/189. Section 701 was substituted by section 23 of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 10 to, the Companies Act 1989. See the definition of “prescribed” in section 744 of the Companies Act 1985.

f2

1993 c. 38.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Welsh Language Forms and Documents) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2

Form 225 CYM in the Schedule to these Regulations, with such variations as circumstances require, is an additional form prescribed for the purposes of section 225 of the Companies Act 1985, including that section as applied by section 701 of that Act.

Signature

Wendy E. M. Alexander

A Grade 5 Officer in the

Department of Trade and Industry

5th March 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe a new form, form 225 CYM, for the purposes of section 225 of the Companies Act 1985, for use when changing companies' (including certain oversea companies') accounting reference dates under that section. The form is in Welsh as well as in English and will take effect on 1st April 1996, the date on which amendments to section 225 to be made by regulation 3 of the Companies Act 1985 (Miscellaneous Accounting Amendments) Regulations 1996 come into force.