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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/40/section/55</dc:identifier><dc:title>Companies Act 1989</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law relating to company accounts; to make new provision with respect to the persons eligible for appointment as company auditors; to amend the Companies Act 1985 and certain other enactments with respect to investigations and powers to obtain information and to confer new powers exercisable to assist overseas regulatory authorities; to make new provision with respect to the registration of company charges and otherwise to amend the law relating to companies; to amend the Fair Trading Act 1973; to enable provision to be made for the payment of fees in connection with the exercise by the Secretary of State, the Director General of Fair Trading and the Monopolies and Mergers Commission of their functions under Part V of that Act; to make provision for safeguarding the operation of certain financial markets; to amend the Financial Services Act 1986; to enable provision to be made for the recording and transfer of title to securities without a written instrument; to amend the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the Company Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985, the Policyholders Protection Act 1975 and the law relating to building societies; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:date>1989-11-16</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-01-04</dct:valid>
					
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			(investigation of circumstances suggesting misconduct) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>2A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Inspectors may be appointed under subsection (2) on terms that any report they may make is not for publication; and in such a case, the provisions of section 437(3)

						(availability and publication of inspectors’ reports) do not apply.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c13687771" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/6" id="c00617" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="6">1985 c. 6</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>