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Section 35 Liability of officers in defaultI1I2I3

United Kingdom

(1)

Sections 1121 to 1123 of the Companies Act 2006 (liability of officers in default: interpretation etc) apply for the purposes of any provision made by this Part as they apply for the purposes of provisions of the Companies Acts.

(2)

In those sections as applied, a reference to an officer includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the board of directors or equivalent management body of a legal entity are accustomed to act.

(3)

A person is not to be regarded as falling within subsection (2) by reason only that the board of directors or equivalent management body acts on advice given by the person in a professional capacity.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 35 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 69

I2

S. 35 in force at 1.8.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(j)

I3

S. 35 in force at 12.10.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(a)