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Companies Act 2006

Secondary legislation

All statutory instruments (SIs) relating to the commencement of provisions of the Act in 2007 and April 2008 have now been made. Further details, including links to the SIs and Explanatory Memoranda on the OPSI website, are available on the ‘Regulations and Commencement Orders – made or laid in draft ' page.

The Department has also published revised drafts of many of the SIs which we intend to make in respect of the commencement of provisions of the Act in October 2009. These are available on the ‘Regulations – draft’ page.

Companies Act 2006 Final Implementation Timetable

The final implementation timetable can be found at :

Companies Act 2006 table of commencement dates (115KB)

Copies of the Ministerial Written Statements about the commencement timetable, including the Written Statement made by Stephen Timms on 13 December 2007 providing final confirmation of the implementation timetable, are available under “External links” on the right hand side of this page.

Checklists and Information

Information about the Act and its implementation is available through the link to Frequently Asked Questions on the left hand side of this page.

Guidance in relation to the new statutory statement of directors' duties in the shape of a structured collection of Statements made by Ministers in Parliament during the passage of the Bill is also available under related documents on the right hand side of this page.

There is also a link on the right hand side of the page to an information leaflet published by BERR in March 2008.