# Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, Paragraph 6


(1) The appropriate national authority may by regulations provide for any provision that would (but for the regulations) have the effect mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) to be read as if instead it had (and always had had) the effect mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).
(2) The effect is that of imposing on a qualifying body a duty to hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting during a period (“the overlapping period”) that overlaps to any extent with the relevant period.
(3) The effect is that of imposing on the qualifying body a duty to hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting during a period that—
(a) begins with the overlapping period, and
(b) ends with such period immediately following the end of the overlapping period as is specified in the regulations.
(4) A period specified in regulations for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(b) must not exceed 8 months.
(5) Regulations under this paragraph may—
(a) make different provision for different purposes;
(b) make consequential, incidental or supplementary provision (including provision disapplying or modifying a provision of an enactment);
(c) make transitional provision or savings.
(6) In sub-paragraph (1) the reference to “any provision” is a reference to any provision of an enactment or of the constitution or rules of a qualifying body.
(7) In this paragraph “the appropriate national authority” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4.
(8) In the application of this paragraph in relation to a public company, the references to a duty to hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting are to be read as including a reference to a duty to hold an accounts meeting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/schedule/14/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-insolvency-and-governance-act-2020/schedule-14/paragraph-6
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