1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Registration of Companies) Order 1995.
(2) Save as provided in paragraph (3) below, this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) This Order shall come into force in relation to any functions conferred by or under sections 652A to F of the Companies Act 1985(1) (striking off register of non-trading private companies) immediately after those sections come into force.
1985 c. 6; sections 652A to F are prospectively inserted by section 13(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.