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C1Pts. 45-47 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
C2Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669) and Pts. 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
C3Pt. 47 applied (6.4.2007) by The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/318), reg. 3, Sch (with reg. 6)
The short title of this Act is the Companies Act 2006.
Except as otherwise provided (or the context otherwise requires), the provisions of this Act extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(1)The following provisions come into force on the day this Act is passed—
(a)Part 43 (transparency obligations and related matters), except the amendment in paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 15 of the definition of “regulated market” in Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8),
(b)in Part 44 (miscellaneous provisions)—
section 1274 (grants to bodies concerned with actuarial standards etc), and
section 1276 (application of provisions to Scotland and Northern Ireland),
(c)Part 46 (general supplementary provisions), except section 1295 and Schedule 16 (repeals), and
(d)this Part.
(2)The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as may be appointed by order of the Secretary of State or the Treasury.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 1300(2) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2006/3428}, arts. 2-4, 7, Schs. 2-4 (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5 and subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 10 and revoked (as to Sch. 1) by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6 (subject to Sch. 2 of that Order)));
6.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/1093}, arts. 2, 5 (with art. 11 and subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 (which Sch. 1 was revoked by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6 (subject to Sch. 2 of that Order));
1.10.2007, 1.11.2007, 15.12.2007, and 1.10.2008 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/2194}, arts. 2-5 (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3 (as amended by S.I.s 2007/2607, art. 4, 2007/2974, reg. 4(5) and 2007/3495, art. 10, S. I. 2008/674, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6 (which art. 6 revokes Sch. 1 (subject to Sch. 2 of that Order), S.I. 2009/1632, art. 22));
30.9.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/2607}, art. 2;
different dates appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/3495}, arts. 2-5 (subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 7, 12, Schedule 4) (as amended by S.I. 2008/674, Sch. 3 paras. 3-7, S.I. 2008/1886, art. 8, S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6 (which art. 6 revokes Sch. 1 (subject to Sch. 2 of that Order)));
1.4.2008 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2008/674}, art. 3 (with savings in arts. 4, 6, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6)
1.10.2008 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2008/1886}, art. 2 (with arts. 3-7 (as amended by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 6))
1.10.2009 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2008/2860}; arts. 3, 4 (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18, Sch, S.I. 2009/1941, arts. 13(1), S.I. 2009/2476, art. 2, S.I. 2011/1265, art. 3)
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