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Companies Act 2006
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Companies and Companies ActsU.K.
Valid from 01/10/2009
1CompaniesU.K.
(1)In the Companies Acts, unless the context otherwise requires—
“company” means a company formed and registered under this Act, that is—
(a)
a company so formed and registered after the commencement of this Part, or
(b)
a company that immediately before the commencement of this Part—
(i)
was formed and registered under the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) or the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)), or
(ii)
was an existing company for the purposes of that Act or that Order,
(which is to be treated on commencement as if formed and registered under this Act).
(2)Certain provisions of the Companies Acts apply to—
(a)companies registered, but not formed, under this Act (see Chapter 1 of Part 33), and
(b)bodies incorporated in the United Kingdom but not registered under this Act (see Chapter 2 of that Part).
(3)For provisions applying to companies incorporated outside the United Kingdom, see Part 34 (overseas companies).
2The Companies ActsU.K.
(1)In this Act “the Companies Acts” means—
(a)the company law provisions of this Act,
(b)Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27) (community interest companies), and
(c)the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) and the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9) that remain in force.
(2)The company law provisions of this Act are—
(a)the provisions of Parts 1 to 39 of this Act, and
(b)the provisions of Parts 45 to 47 of this Act so far as they apply for the purposes of those Parts.
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 wholly in force at 6.4.2007; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 2 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2007 and 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, arts. 2(2)(a), 3(2)(a) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 2 wholly in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093 {art. 2(1)(a)} (subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 para. 1)
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