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The Companies Act 2006 - Timetable
Already in force
- provisions on company communications to shareholders and others, which include provisions facilitating electronic communication;
- provisions concerning a public company’s right to investigate who has an interest in its shares; and
- Section 463, which sets out a statutory basis of directors’ liability to the company in relation to the directors’ report (including the business review), the directors’ remuneration report and any summary financial statement derived from such reports.
- Section 1063 which relates to fees payable to the Registrar of Companies;
- Section 1281 of the Companies Act, which amends Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 to give the Secretary of State the power to make an order enabling public authorities to disclose information to be used in civil proceedings or otherwise for the purpose of establishing, enforcing or defending legal rights;
- Part 28 (Takeovers);
- Part 45 (in regard to Northern Ireland Community Interest Companies); and
- Various repeals including removal of age limit of 70 for a PLC director and the removal of the requirement for a register of directors' interests in shares.
1 October 2007
- Part 9 (Exercise of members’ rights);
- Part 10 (A company’s directors), other than provisions relating to directors’ conflict of interest duties, directors’ residential addresses and underage and natural directors;
- Part 11 (Derivative claims and proceedings by members);
- Part 13 (Resolutions and meetings), and, related to this, sections 485-488 of Part 16 (Audit);
- Part 14 (Control of political donations and expenditure);
- Section 417 of Part 15 (Contents of directors’ report: business review);
- Part 29 (Fraudulent trading);
- Part 30 (Protection of members against unfair prejudice); and
- Part 32 (Company investigations: amendments).
6 April 2008
- Part 12 (Company secretaries);
- Part 15 (Accounts and reports), other than section 417;
- Part 16 (Audit), other than sections 485-488;
- Part 19 (Debentures);
- Part 20 (Private and public companies);
- Part 21 (Certification and transfer of securities);
- Part 23 (Distributions);
- Part 26 (Arrangements and reconstructions);
- Part 27 (Mergers and divisions of public companies); and
- Part 42 (Statutory auditors).
1 October 2008
- Part 1 (General introductory provisions);
- Part 2 (Company formation);
- Part 3 (A company’s constitution);
- Part 4 (A company’s capacity and related matters);
- Part 5 (A company’s name);
- Part 6 (A company’s registered office);
- Part 7 (Re-registration as a means of altering a company’s status);
- Part 8 (A company’s members);
- Part 10 (A company’s directors) - provisions relating to directors’ conflict of interest duties, directors’ residential addresses and underage and natural directors;
- Part 17 (A company’s share capital);
- Part 18 (Acquisition by limited company of its own shares);
- Part 24 (A company’s annual return);
- Part 25 (Company charges);
- Part 31 (Dissolution and restoration to the register);
- Part 33 (UK companies not formed under the Companies Acts);
- Part 34 (Overseas companies);
- Part 35 (The registrar of companies); and
- Part 41 (Business names).
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