The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked) No. 1032 (NI. 6)

F1 F2 F3 F4 Part VIII N.I. Accounts and Audit

F1 mod. SR 1994/133

F2 Pt. VIII substituted by S.I. 1990/593 (N.I. 5), Pt. II

F3 Pt. VIII modified by S.R. 2004/307 (as amended (1.10.2006) by Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/377), reg. 2, Sch. 1)

F4 Pt. VIII modified by {S.R. 2004/496}

Chapter 1 N.I. Provisions Applying to Companies Generally

DIRECTORS' REPORT N.I.

Directors' report: general requirementsF5 N.I.

242ZZA.—(1) The directors' report for a financial year must state—

(a) the names of the persons who, at any time during the financial year, were directors of the company,

(b) the principal activities of the company in the course of the year, and

(c) the amount (if any) that the directors recommend should be paid by way of dividend.

(2) In relation to a group directors' report paragraph (1)(b) has effect as if the reference to the company was a reference to the company and its subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation.

(3) The report must also comply with Schedule 7 as regards the disclosure of the matters mentioned there.

(4) In Schedule 7—

• Part I relates to matters of a general nature, including changes in asset values, directors' shareholdings and other interests and contributions for political and charitable purposes;

• Part II relates to the acquisition by a company of its own shares or a charge on them;

• Part III relates to the employment, training and advancement of disabled persons;

• Part V relates to the involvement of employees in the affairs, policy and performance of the company;

• Part VI relates to the company's policy and practice on the payment of creditors.

F5 Order repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual Articles (with savings (with adaptations) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement Nos. 3 and 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/674), arts. 2(3), {4}, Sch. 2) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 paras. 135, 147, 148 {Sch. 2 Note 1} (with arts. 6, 11, 12) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by S.R. 2008/133, {regs. 2, 3}