Companies Act 2006
2006 c. 46
C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C13C14C15C16C17C18C19C20C21An Act to reform company law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to companies; to make other provision relating to companies and other forms of business organisation; to make provision about directors' disqualification, business names, auditors and actuaries; to amend Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes.
Act applied (15.12.2007 with application as mentioned in rule 3 of the amending S.I.) by The PPP Administration Order Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3141), rule 32(5)
Act applied in part (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/373), regs. 3(1)(4), 19(1) (as amended (1.10.2013) by S.I. 2013/2224, regs. 1(2), 4)
Act modified (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/373), reg. 10(1)
Act modified (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/373), reg. 11(1) (as amended (1.10.2013) by S.I. 2013/2224, regs. 1(2), 10 and (1.1.2018) by The Statutory Auditors Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1164), reg. 1(2)(3), 11 (with reg. 2(6)(7)))
Act modified (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/373), reg. 12(5)
Act applied in part (6.4.2008) by The Companies (Summary Financial Statement) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/374), regs. 1(2), 8(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by S.I. 1989/638, reg. 18, Sch. 4 (as amended by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 paras. 163, 164 (with arts. 6, 11, 12))
Act applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by S.R. 1989/216, reg. 18, Sch. 4 (as amended by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 paras. 173, 174 (with arts. 6, 11, 12))
Act modified (S.) (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 3, Sch.
Act modified (12.3.2009) by Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (c. 31), ss. 13, 31(1)(2); S.I. 2009/490, art. 2 (with art. 3)
Act modified (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2860), art. 5, Sch. 2 (with arts. 7, 8) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
Act applied in part (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/638, reg. 18, Sch. 4 (as amended (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 19, 23 (with reg. 2))
Act: (Pts. 1-39, 45-47 as defined by s. 2) extended (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 12(1), Sch. 3 para. 2 (with art. 10)
Pts. 1-39 and 45-47 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 21 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)
Pts. 1-39, 45-47 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2437), regs. 18-23 (with transitional provisions and savings in reg. 24)
Act applied (1.11.2009) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2477), rule 58(2)(b) (with rules 3(2), 4)
Act excluded (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 167(5)(c), 325; S.I. 2010/862, art. 2, (with Sch.)
Act: power to modify conferred (E.W.) (1.10.2010 for certain purposes otherwise prosp.) by Water Act 1991(c. 56), s. 23(2E)-(2G) (as inserted by 2010 c. 29, ss. 34, 49(3)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3 (with s. 49(1)(6)); S.I. 2010/2169, art. 4, Sch. (with art. 5))
Act applied in part (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 1
Act excluded (1.4.2012) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), ss. 106(7)(c), 166(2); S.S.I. 2012/39, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2)
Act applied in part (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Companies (Receipt of Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1973), reg. 9(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (10.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3348), art. 220(4), Sch. 4 (as amended (28.12.2020) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1350), regs. 1(2), 60)
Act excluded (10.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3348), art. 217
Act excluded (10.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3348), art. 220(3)
Act excluded (12.7.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 1(3), 84(3); S.I. 2016/602, reg. 3(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2016/710, reg. 2)
Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/3348, art. 220A (as inserted (16.12.2016) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1239), arts. 1(2), 41(16))
Act applied (26.6.2017) by The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/694), reg. 77(2)
Act excluded in part by 2005 c. 5, s. 271B(2) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 64 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 2 para. 13)
Act excluded (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 12(8) (with reg. 189)
Act applied in part (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (with reg. 5)
Act: Pts. 1-39 and 45-39 modified (6.4.2007) by The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/318), regs. 4, 5 (with reg. 6)