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- Act amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2014/3348, art. 220A by S.I. 2024/1115 reg. 4(3)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 25(j) omitted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 21 para. 10
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 28 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(a)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 29 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 36 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(b)
- ss. 381-384 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2008/1911, reg. 5 by S.I. 2024/1303 reg. 11(2)(3)
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- Act amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2014/3348, art. 220A by S.I. 2024/1115 reg. 4(3)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 25(j) omitted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 21 para. 10
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 28 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(a)(i)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 29 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 Section (A) para. 36 words substituted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(b)
232Provisions protecting directors from liabilityU.K.
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(1)Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void.
(2)Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a director is void, except as permitted by—
(a)section 233 (provision of insurance),
(b)section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or
(c)section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).
(3)This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise.
(4)Nothing in this section prevents a company's articles from making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 232 excluded (temp.) (22.2.2008) by The Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/432), art. 11(3)
C2S. 232 excluded (8.00 a.m. on 29.9.2008) by the The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 12(3)
C3S. 232 excluded (9.30 a.m. on 7.10.2008) by The Heritable Bank plc Transfer of Certain Rights and Liabilities Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2644), art. 30(3)
C4S. 232 excluded (12.15 p.m. on 8.10.2008) by The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited Transfer of Certain Rights and Liabilities Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2674), art. 32(3)
C5S. 232 excluded (1.3.2016) by The NRAM plc (formerly Northern Rock plc) Consequential and Supplementary Provisions Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/114), arts. 1(1), 6(3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 232 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 232 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 232 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(d) (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3 para. 15)
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