Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 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
(1)Except as otherwise provided, in the Companies Acts “the court” means—
(a)in England and Wales, the High Court or (subject to subsection (3)) a county court;
(b)in Scotland, the Court of Session or the sheriff court;
(c)in Northern Ireland, the High Court.
(2)The provisions of the Companies Acts conferring jurisdiction on “the court” as defined above have effect subject to any enactment or rule of law relating to the allocation of jurisdiction or distribution of business between courts in any part of the United Kingdom.
(3)The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, by order—
(a)exclude a county court from having jurisdiction under the Companies Acts, and
(b)for the purposes of that jurisdiction attach that court's district, or any part of it, to another county court.
(4)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)) to exercise his functions under subsection (3).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 1156 applied (with modifications) (9.7.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2(2), 77
Commencement Information
I1S. 1156 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1156 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1156 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1156 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(t) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)