Part 1

General introductory provisions

Companies and Companies Acts

The Companies Acts
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1
In this Act “the Companies Acts” means—
a
the company law provisions of this Act,
b
Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27) (community interest companies), and
c
the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) and the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9) that remain in force.
2
The company law provisions of this Act are—
a
the provisions of Parts 1 to 39 of this Act, and
b
the provisions of Parts 45 to 47 of this Act so far as they apply for the purposes of those Parts.
S. 2 wholly in force at 6.4.2007; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 2 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2007 and 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, arts. 2(2)(a), 3(2)(a) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 2 wholly in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093 {art. 2(1)(a)} (subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 para. 1)
Pts. 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
Pts. 1-39 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))