Companies Act 2006 Commencement timetable

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	Companies Act 2006 – Commencement timetable The Government has decided on the following commencement timetable With effect from 1 October 2007: Part 8 (Inspection of register of members), sections 116 - 119. Part 9 (Exercise of members’ rights); Part 10 (A company’s directors), other than provisions relating to directors’ conflict of interest duties (sections 175 - 177, 182 - 187), directors’ residential addresses and underage and natural directors; Part 11 (Derivative claims and proceedings by members); Part 13 (Resolutions and meetings), and, related to this, sections 485-488 of Part 16 (Audit); Part 14 (Control of political donations and expenditure); Section 417 of Part 15 (Contents of directors’ report: business review); Part 29 (Fraudulent trading); Part 30 (Protection of members against unfair prejudice); Part 32 (Company investigations: amendments). The commencement provisions in respect of Part 9 will be drafted so as to enable nominee investment operators to send indirect investors’ requests to companies from 1 October to entitle indirect investors to enjoy information rights from 31 December 2007. With effect from 6 April 2008: Part 3 (A company's capacity and related matters), section 44 only; Part 8 (A company's members) sections 121 and 128 only; Part 12 (Company secretaries) other than sections 275-279; Part 15 (Accounts and reports), other than section 417; Part 16 (Audit), other than sections 485-488; Part 19 (Debentures); Part 20 (Private and public companies); Part 21 (Certification and transfer of securities); Part 23 (Distributions); Part 26 (Arrangements and reconstructions); Part 27 (Mergers and divisions of public companies); Part 42 (Statutory auditors). With effect from 1 October 2008: Part 10 (A company's directors) provisions relating to directors' conflict of interest duties (sectinos 175-177, 182-187) With effect from 1 October 2009: Part 1 (General introductory provisions); Part 2 (Company formation); Part 3 (A company’s constitution) other than sections 29-30; Part 4 (A company’s capacity and related matters) other than section 44; Part 5 (A company’s name); Part 6 (A company’s registered office); Part 7 (Re-registration as a means of altering a company’s status); Part 8 (A company’s members) other than sections 116-119 and 121; Part 10 (A company’s directors) directors’ residential addresses and underage and natural directors Part 17 (A company’s share capital); Part 18 (Acquisition by limited company of its own shares); Part 24 (A company’s annual return); Part 25 (Company charges); Part 31 (Dissolution and restoration to the register); Part 33 (UK companies not formed under the Companies Acts); Part 34 (Overseas companies); Part 35 (The registrar of companies); Part 41 (Business names). Section 358 of the Companies Act 1985, which provides a power for companies to close the register of members, will be repealed with effect from 1 October 2009. Part 36 (Offences under the Companies Acts), Part 37 (Companies: supplementary provisions), Part 38 (Companies: interpretation), Part 45 (Northern Ireland) and Schedule 16 (Repeals) will come in with the relevant provisions.

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