Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 46 U.K. General supplementary provisions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. 45-47 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C2 Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669) and Pts. 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

C3 Pt. 46 applied (6.4.2007) (The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/318), reg. 3, Sch. (with reg. 6)

Consequential and transitional provisions U.K.

1294 Power to make consequential amendments etc U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by order make such provision amending, repealing or revoking any enactment to which this section applies as they consider necessary or expedient in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) any enactment passed or made before the passing of this Act,

(b) any enactment contained in this Act or in subordinate legislation made under it, and

(c) any enactment passed or made before the end of the session after that in which this Act is passed.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), orders under this section may—

(a) make provision extending to other forms of organisation any provision made by or under this Act in relation to companies, or

(b) make provision corresponding to that made by or under this Act in relation to companies,

in either case with such adaptations or other modifications as appear to the Secretary of State or the Treasury to be necessary or expedient.

(4) The references in subsection (3) to provision made by this Act include provision conferring power to make provision by regulations, orders or other subordinate legislation.

(5) Amendments and repeals made under this section are additional, and without prejudice, to those made by or under any other provision of this Act.

(6) Orders under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1 S. 1294 power partly exercised: 1.10.2007, 1.11.2007, 15.12.2007, and 1.10.2008 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/2194}, arts. 2-5 (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3)

P2 S. 1294(1) power partly exercised: 6.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/1093}, arts. 2, 5 (with art. 11 and subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1)

1295 Repeals U.K.

The enactments specified in Schedule 16, which include enactments that are no longer of practical utility, are repealed to the extent specified.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1295 partly in force; s. 1295 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1295 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2007, 20.1.2007 and 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, arts. 4(2), 7, Schs. 2-4 (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093, art. 5, Sch. 2 (with art. 11(1)); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 8, Sch. 2 (with saving in art. 12); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at. 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495 {art. 8(a)}, Sch. 2 (with savings in arts. 7, 12 and Sch. 4); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 5(2), 8(b), Sch. 3 (with savings in arts. 7, 12, Sch. 4); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/674, art. 3 (with art. 6); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/1886, art. 2 (with arts. 6, 7); s. 1295 in force for further specified purposes at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 4 (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)

1296 Power to make transitional provision and savings U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by order make such transitional provision and savings as they consider necessary or expedient in connection with the commencement of any provision made by or under this Act.

(2) An order may, in particular, make such adaptations of provisions brought into force as appear to be necessary or expedient in consequence of other provisions of this Act not yet having come into force.

(3) Transitional provision and savings made under this section are additional, and without prejudice, to those made by or under any other provision of this Act.

(4) Orders under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P3 S. 1296 power partly exercised: 1.10.2007, 1.11.2007, 15.12.2007, and 1.10.2008 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/2194}, arts. 2-5 (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3)

S. 1296 power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/3495}, arts. 2-5 (with arts. 7, 12)

P4 S. 1296(1)(2) power partly exercised: 6.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/1093}, arts. 2, 5 (with art. 11 and subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1)

P5 S. 1296(1) power partly exercised: 30.9.2007 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2007/2607}, art. 2

1297 Continuity of the law U.K.

(1) This section applies where any provision of this Act re-enacts (with or without modification) an enactment repealed by this Act.

(2) The repeal and re-enactment does not affect the continuity of the law.

(3) Anything done (including subordinate legislation made), or having effect as if done, under or for the purposes of the repealed provision that could have been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Act, if in force or effective immediately before the commencement of that corresponding provision, has effect thereafter as if done under or for the purposes of that corresponding provision.

(4) Any reference (express or implied) in this Act or any other enactment, instrument or document to a provision of this Act shall be construed (so far as the context permits) as including, as respects times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding repealed provision had effect, a reference to that corresponding provision.

(5) Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to a repealed provision shall be construed (so far as the context permits), as respects times, circumstances and purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision of this Act has effect, as being or (according to the context) including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

(6) This section has effect subject to any specific transitional provision or saving contained in this Act.

(7) References in this section to this Act include subordinate legislation made under this Act.

(8) In this section “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 S. 1297 modified (6.4.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1093), art. 10 (with art. 11(1))

C5 S. 1297 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 82