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The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/3495 · Made 17 December 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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COMPANIES

Made 17th December 2007

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2007

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1292, 1296 and 1300(2) of the Companies Act 2006f1.

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Footnotes

f1

2006 c.46.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Coming into force
  3. 3Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 6th April 2008
  4. 4Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 29th June 2008
  5. 5Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 1st October 2008
  6. 6Transitional adaptations of provisions brought into force
  7. 7Interpretation of company law provisions brought into force
  8. 8Repeals
  9. 9Transitional provisions and savings
  10. 10Revocation of spent transitional adaptations
  11. 11Amendments of earlier Orders
  12. 12Savings
  13. Signature
  14. Schedule 1: TRANSITIONAL ADAPTATIONS OF PROVISIONS BROUGHT INTO FORCE Repealed
  15. Part 1: PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008 Repealed
  16. 1Transactions with directors requiring approval of members (s.205) Repealed
  17. 2Directors’ liabilities: qualifying third party indemnity provision (s.234) Repealed
  18. 3Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274) Repealed
  19. 4Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274) Repealed
  20. 5Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274) Repealed
  21. 6Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449) Repealed
  22. 7Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449) Repealed
  23. 8Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449) Repealed
  24. 9Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449) Repealed
  25. 10Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449) Repealed
  26. 11Audit: indemnity for costs of successfully defending proceedings (s.533) Repealed
  27. 12Authorised minimum: application of initial requirement (s.765) Repealed
  28. 13Authorised minimum: application where shares denominated in different currencies etc (s.766) Repealed
  29. 14Distributions (ss.829 to 853) Repealed
  30. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  31. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  32. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  33. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  34. 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
  35. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  36. 21Mergers and divisions of public companies (s.923) Repealed
  37. Part 2: PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008 Repealed
  38. 22Order requiring name to be changed following objection (s.73) Repealed
  39. 23Trading disclosures: minor variations in form of name (s.85) Repealed
  40. 24Direction requiring company to appoint director (s.156) Repealed
  41. Schedule 2: REPEALS BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008
  42. 1GREAT BRITAIN
  43. 2NORTHERN IRELAND
  44. Schedule 3: REPEALS BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
  45. 1GREAT BRITAIN
  46. 2NORTHERN IRELAND
  47. Schedule 4: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
  48. Part 1: PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008
  49. 1Execution of documents (s.44)
  50. 2Register of members: removal of entries relating to former members (s.121)
  51. 3Register of members: time limit for claims arising from entry (s.128)
  52. 4Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274 and 280)
  53. 5Paragraph 5
  54. 6Accounts and reports (ss.380 to 389, 393 to 416, 418 to 462 and 464 to 474)
  55. 7Paragraph 7
  56. 8Paragraph 8
  57. 9Audit (ss.475 to 484 and 489 to 539)
  58. 10Paragraph 10
  59. 11Paragraph 11
  60. 12Paragraph 12
  61. 13Paragraph 13
  62. 14Paragraph 14
  63. 15Paragraph 15
  64. 16Paragraph 16
  65. 17Paragraph 17
  66. 18Paragraph 18
  67. 19Paragraph 19
  68. 20Debentures (ss.738 to 754)
  69. 21Paragraph 21
  70. 22Paragraph 22
  71. 23Paragraph 23
  72. 24Prohibition of public offers by private companies (ss.755 to 759)
  73. 25Paragraph 25
  74. 26Minimum share capital requirement for public companies (ss.761 to 767)
  75. 27Paragraph 27
  76. 28Paragraph 28
  77. 29Paragraph 29
  78. 30Certification and transfer of securities (ss.769 to 782)
  79. 31Paragraph 31
  80. 32Request to inspect a company’s register of interests disclosed (ss.811(4), 812 and 814)
  81. 33Distributions (ss.829 to 853)
  82. 34Paragraph 34
  83. 35Paragraph 35
  84. 36Arrangements and reconstructions (ss.896 to 901)
  85. 37Statutory auditors (ss.1209 to 1241 and 1245 to 1264)
  86. 38Paragraph 38
  87. 39Paragraph 39
  88. 40Paragraph 40
  89. 41Paragraph 41
  90. 42Paragraph 42
  91. 43Expenses of winding up (s. 1282)
  92. 44Repeal of provisions relating to prosecution of offences
  93. Part 2: PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 29TH JUNE 2008
  94. 45Paragraph 45
  95. Part 3: PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
  96. 46Requirement to have at least one director who is a natural person (s.155)
  97. 47Duty of directors to avoid conflicts of interest (s.175)
  98. 48Declaration by directors of interest in proposed transaction or arrangement (s.177)
  99. 49General duties of directors: approval by members (s.180(2))
  100. 50Declaration of interest in existing transaction or arrangement (ss.182 to 187)
  101. 51Repeal of prohibition on private companies giving financial assistance for acquisition of shares
  102. 52Paragraph 52
  103. Schedule 5: AMENDMENTS OF EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
  104. 1Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3428 (C. 132))
  105. 2Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194 (C. 84))
  106. Explanatory note