The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007
1Citation and interpretation
2Coming into force
3Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 6th April 2008
4Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 29th June 2008
5Provisions of the Companies Act 2006 coming into force on 1st October 2008
6Transitional adaptations of provisions brought into force
7Interpretation of company law provisions brought into force
8Repeals
9Transitional provisions and savings
10Revocation of spent transitional adaptations
11Amendments of earlier Orders
12Savings
SCHEDULE 1TRANSITIONAL ADAPTATIONS OF PROVISIONS BROUGHT INTO FORCE
PART 1PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008
1Transactions with directors requiring approval of members (s.205)
2Directors’ liabilities: qualifying third party indemnity provision (s.234)
3Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274)
4(1) Section 272 (direction requiring public company to appoint secretary)...
5(1) Section 274 (discharge of functions where office vacant or...
6Authentication of accounts and reports filed with registrar (ss.444 to 447 and 449)
7(1) Section 445 (filing obligations of medium-sized companies) has effect...
8(1) Section 446 (filing obligations of unquoted companies) has effect...
9(1) Section 447 (filing obligations of quoted companies) has effect...
10(1) Section 449 (special auditor’s report where abbreviated accounts delivered)...
11Audit: indemnity for costs of successfully defending proceedings (s.533)
12Authorised minimum: application of initial requirement (s.765)
13Authorised minimum: application where shares denominated in different currencies etc (s.766)
14Distributions (ss.829 to 853)
15(1) Section 832 (distributions by investment companies out of accumulated...
16(1) Section 833 (meaning of “investment company”) has effect with...
17(1) Section 838 (requirements where interim accounts used) has effect...
18(1) Section 839 (requirements where initial accounts used) has effect...
19(1) Section 840 (successive distributions etc by reference to the...
20(1) Section 847 (consequences of unlawful distribution) has effect with...
21Mergers and divisions of public companies (s.923)
PART 2PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
22Order requiring name to be changed following objection (s.73)
23Trading disclosures: minor variations in form of name (s.85)
24Direction requiring company to appoint director (s.156)
SCHEDULE 2REPEALS BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008
PART 1GREAT BRITAIN
PART 2NORTHERN IRELAND
SCHEDULE 3REPEALS BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
PART 1GREAT BRITAIN
PART 2NORTHERN IRELAND
SCHEDULE 4TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
PART 1PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008
1Execution of documents (s.44)
2Register of members: removal of entries relating to former members (s.121)
3Register of members: time limit for claims arising from entry (s.128)
4Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274 and 280)
5(1) Section 273 of the Companies Act 2006 (qualifications of...
6Accounts and reports (ss.380 to 389, 393 to 416, 418 to 462 and 464 to 474)
7Any question whether— (a) for the purposes of section 382,...
8Until section 1068(1) of the Companies Act 2006 comes into...
9Audit (ss.475 to 484 and 489 to 539)
10(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 16 of that Act...
11(1) In that Chapter, the following provisions apply to auditors...
12(1) In Chapter 3 of Part 16 of that Act...
13(1) In Chapter 4 of Part 16 of that Act...
14(1) In that Chapter, sections 514 and 515 (failure to...
15(1) In that Chapter, sections 516 to 518 (resignation of...
16(1) In that Chapter, sections 519 to 525 (statement by...
17(1) In that Chapter, section 526 (effect of casual vacancies)...
18In Chapter 5 of Part 16 of that Act (quoted...
19A resolution passed before 6th April 2008 authorising a liability...
20Debentures (ss.738 to 754)
21(1) Until regulations under section 1136 of the Companies Act...
22(1) Sections 744 to 747 (register of debenture holders: right...
23(1) Section 748 of the Companies Act 2006 (ten year...
24Prohibition of public offers by private companies (ss.755 to 759)
25Sections 758 and 759 of the Companies Act 2006 (enforcement...
26Minimum share capital requirement for public companies (ss.761 to 767)
27(1) Section 762 of the Companies Act 2006 (procedure for...
28(1) Until section 1068(1) of the Companies Act 2006 comes...
29(1) Section 767 of the Companies Act 2006 (consequences of...
30Certification and transfer of securities (ss.769 to 782)
31Section 780 of the Companies Act 2006 (duty of company...
32Request to inspect a company’s register of interests disclosed (ss.811(4), 812 and 814)
33Distributions (ss.829 to 853)
34Until section 1068(1) of the Companies Act 2006 comes into...
35(1) The relevant accounts for the purposes of Chapter 2...
36Arrangements and reconstructions (ss.896 to 901)
37Statutory auditors (ss.1209 to 1241 and 1245 to 1264)
38(1) The following provisions of that Chapter apply in relation...
39The repeal of sections 37 and 38 of the Companies...
40(1) Section 1226(2) of the Companies Act 2006 (eligibility of...
41(1) The following provisions of Chapter 6 of Part 42...
42(1) The repeal of sections 46 and 46A of, and...
43Expenses of winding up (s.1282)
44Repeal of provisions relating to prosecution of offences
PART 2PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 29TH JUNE 2008
45Sections 1242 to 1244 of, and Schedule 12 to, the...
PART 3PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2008
46Requirement to have at least one director who is a natural person (s.155)
47Duty of directors to avoid conflicts of interest (s.175)
48Declaration by directors of interest in proposed transaction or arrangement (s.177)
49General duties of directors: approval by members (s.180(2))
50Declaration of interest in existing transaction or arrangement (ss.182 to 187)
51Repeal of prohibition on private companies giving financial assistance for acquisition of shares
52(1) This paragraph applies to anything that would have been...
SCHEDULE 5AMENDMENTS OF EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
1Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3428 (C. 132))
2Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194 (C. 84))
2007 No. 3495 (C. 150)
COMPANIES

The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 2
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1292, 1296 and 1300(2) of the Companies Act 20061.