http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/944Companies Act 2006 An Act to reform company law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to companies; to make other provision relating to companies and other forms of business organisation; to make provision about directors' disqualification, business names, auditors and actuaries; to amend Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-24Expert Participation2026-07-16 Part 28Takeovers <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation> Chapter 1The Takeover Panel<Emphasis>The Panel and its rules</Emphasis>Further provisions about rules9441Rules may—amake different provision for different purposes;bmake provision subject to exceptions or exemptions;ccontain incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision;dauthorise the Panel to dispense with or modify the application of rules in particular cases and by reference to any circumstances.Rules made by virtue of paragraph (d) must require the Panel to give reasons for acting as mentioned in that paragraph.2Rules must be made by an instrument in writing.3Immediately after an instrument containing rules is made, the text must be made available to the public, with or without payment, in whatever way the Panel thinks appropriate.4A person is not to be taken to have contravened a rule if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the text of the rule had not been made available as required by subsection (3).5The production of a printed copy of an instrument purporting to be made by the Panel on which is endorsed a certificate signed by an officer of the Panel authorised by it for that purpose and stating—athat the instrument was made by the Panel,bthat the copy is a true copy of the instrument, andcthat on a specified date the text of the instrument was made available to the public as required by subsection (3),is evidence (or in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the facts stated in the certificate.6A certificate purporting to be signed as mentioned in subsection (5) is to be treated as having been properly signed unless the contrary is shown.7A person who wishes in any legal proceedings to rely on an instrument by which rules are made may require the Panel to endorse a copy of the instrument with a certificate of the kind mentioned in subsection (5).Pt. 28 Ch. 1 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (1.3.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Extension of Takeover Panel Provisions) (Isle of Man) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3122), art. 2, Sch.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. 2Pts. 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))Pt. 28 modified (31.12.2023) by The Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1313), regs. 1(2), 3Pt. 28 Ch. 1 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Companies Act 2006 (Extension of Takeover Panel Provisions) (Isle of Man) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/567), regs. 1, 2, Sch.; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Pt. 28 modified (10.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3348), arts. 1(2), 219(2)