This note is not part of the Order)
The provisions of the Companies Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) brought into force by Orders made before the making of the Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 15 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1352) are set out in a note appended to that Order.
The Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 15 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order brings certain provisions of the 1989 Act into force on 3rd July 1995 subject to the transitional and savings provisions set out in the Order. The provisions in question are section 140(1) to (6) (which amends sections 463 and 464 of the Companies Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) in relation to floating charges in Scotland), a consequential repeal made by Schedule 24 to the 1989 Act to section 464 of the 1985 Act, the repeal by Schedule 24 to the 1989 Act of the definition of “annual return” in section 744 of the 1985 Act, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 19 to the 1989 Act which inserts a new section 744A (index of defined expressions) into the 1985 Act.
The Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 16) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1591) brings sections 171, 176 and 181 of the 1989 Act into force on 4th July 1995.