{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986/section-12B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986/section-12B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/46",
  "legislation_title": "Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-act-1986",
  "path": "section/12B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12B",
  "heading": "Northern Irish disqualification undertakings",
  "text": "A person subject to a disqualification undertaking under section 8ZF or 8ZG so far as they extend to Northern Ireland or under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002–\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. 12B inserted (1.9.2004) by The Insolvency Act 2000 (Company Directors Disqualification Undertakings) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1941), art. 2(2) (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12B inserted (22.2.2024) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 13 para. 2(6) (with Sch. 13 para. 4(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/46/section/12B",
    "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."
}