{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986/section-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986/section-12A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/46",
  "legislation_title": "Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986",
  "path": "section/12A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Northern Irish disqualification orders.",
  "text": "A person subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 or made by the High Court of Northern Ireland under section 8ZF or 8ZG—\n(a) shall not be a director of a company, act as receiver of a company’s property or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of a company unless (in each case) he has the leave of the High Court of Northern Ireland, and\n(b) shall not act as an insolvency practitioner.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12A inserted (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 39, s. 7(1); S.I. 2001/766, art. 2(1)(a) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12A substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009) (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), {Sch. 1 para. 85(8))} (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 12A inserted (22.2.2024) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 13 para. 2(5) (with Sch. 13 para. 4(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/46/section/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:56.770430+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."
}