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2 May 2008

Further draft secondary legislation

The Department has published, for consultation, the following SIs:

Reduction of Share Capital
• The Companies (Reduction of Share Capital) Order – Consultation closes 23 May 2008
• The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order – Consultation closes 23 May 2008

Names Adjudicator Rules
• The Company Names Adjudicator Rules – Consultation closes 6 June 2008

Disclosure of Directors’ Addresses
• The Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations – Consultation closes 11 July 2008

The Department has also published, for comment by 23 May 2008, the regulations relating to the application of the Companies Act 2006 to Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs).

The Department has additionally published a draft of The Companies Act 1985 (Annual Return) Regulations.

Further details are available on the Regulations Draft page of this site.

4 April 2008:

Draft secondary legislation

The Department has published revised drafts of the following SIs (which all have a commencement date of 1 October 2009):

Articles of Association

• The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations

Registration and filing

• The Companies (Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off) Regulations
• The Companies (Registration) Regulations
• The Companies Act 2006 (Annual Return and Service Addresses) Regulations
• The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations
• The Companies (Particulars of Company Charges) Regulations

Company Records

• The Companies (Company Records) Regulations
• The Companies (Fees for Inspection and Copying of Company Records) Regulations

Share Capital

• The Companies (Shares, Share Capital & Authorised Minimum) Regulations

Trading Disclosures

• The Companies (Trading Disclosures) (Amendment) Regulations

Further details are available on the Regulations draft page of this site.

Articles of association – amendment of Tables A to F of the Companies Act 1985 - 28 March 2008

The Government has amended Tables C and E under the Companies Act 1985 with effect from 6 April 2008 in light of comments received from stakeholders. Table C applies to companies limited by guarantee with no share capital and Table E applies to unlimited companies. We have not made further changes to Table A, and the changes made to Tables C and E do not relate to provisions of the Companies Act 2006 that are being commenced with effect from 6 April 2008.