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Regulations and Commencement Orders - made or before Parliament

The following instruments have been made (following Parliamentary approval, where this is required). Additional information may be available under the FAQs on the Companies Act 2006. Please see the separate link from the Companies Act 2006 page for details of the full commencement timetable.
This page also includes The Company and Business Names (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007, which have been made under the Companies Act 1985 and the Business Names Act 1985.

Made

Statutory Instruments	Related Documents
Commencement Orders & Consequential Amendment Orders
SI2008/948The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2008/674 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement No. 3 and No. 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/3495 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/2607 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Commencement No. 3 (Amendment)) Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/2194 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Business Link Guidance
SI2007/1093 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Companies Act 2006 provisions coming into effect on 6 April 2007 (41KB) Companies Act 2006: briefing on second commencement order and regulations applying provisions of the Companies Act 2006 concerning takeovers to unregistered companies. (17KB)
SI2006/3428 The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Companies Act 2006: briefing on first commencement order and regulations implementing First Company Law Amendment Directive (92KB)

Articles of Association
SI2008/739 The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2008	Informal Keeling schedule to SI 2008.0739 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2008), SI 2007.2826 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007) and SI 2007.2541 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2007) (250KB) Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/2826 The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Informal keeling schedule to SI 2007.2826 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007) and SI 2007.2541 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2007): Companies Act 2006 implementation (246KB)
SI2007/2541 The Companies(Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Informal Keeling Schedule to SI 2007.2541 (The Companies (Tables A to F) (Amendment) Regulations 2007)

The Government has decided that there is no conflict between Tables A to F of the Companies Act 1985 and provisions of the Companies Act 2006 that are being commenced with effect from 6 April 2008. There will therefore be no amendment of these Tables in April 2008.

The most up to date version of Table A is available from the Companies House website and the regulations are available from the OPSI website.

Other SIs
SI2008/729 The Companies (Authorised Minimum) Regulations 2008	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2008/497 The Companies (Late Filing Penalties) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Periods and Late Filing Penalties) Regulations 2008	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2008/495 The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/3535 The Companies (Fees for Inspection and Copying of Company Records) (No.2) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/3534 The Independent Supervisor Appointment Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/3152 The Company and Business Names (amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2007/2612 The Companies (Fees for Inspection and Copying of Company Records) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Impact assessment of the Companies (Fees for Inspection and Copying of Company Records) Regulations 2007 (149KB)
SI2007/2081 The Companies (Political Expenditure Exemption) Order 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum Government Response to consultation on implementation of Companies Act 2006: section F: political donations and expenditure (45KB)
SI2007/318 The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum
SI2006/3429 The Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006	Regulations Explanatory Memorandum