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These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
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In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985; and
“the 1990 Regulations” means the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 19902.
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With effect from 1st April 1996, form 225 in the Schedule to these Regulations, with such variations as circumstances require, is the form prescribed for the purposes of section 225 of the 1985 Act, including that section as applied by section 701 of the 1985 Act.
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With effect from 1st April 1996, forms 225(1), 225(2), 701b and 701c in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked, save that those forms may be used until 1st April 1997 for those purposes of section 225 of the 1985 Act (including that section as applied by section 701) which correspond to the purposes for which the forms were originally prescribed.
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With effect from 1st January 1997, forms 224 and 701a in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked.