1996 No. 595

COMPANIES

The Companies (Welsh Language Forms and Documents) Regulations 1996

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 225(1), 701 and 744 of the Companies Act 19851, as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 19932, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Welsh Language Forms and Documents) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2

Form 225 CYM in the Schedule to these Regulations, with such variations as circumstances require, is an additional form prescribed for the purposes of section 225 of the Companies Act 1985, including that section as applied by section 701 of that Act.

Wendy E. M. AlexanderA Grade 5 Officer in theDepartment of Trade and Industry

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe a new form, form 225 CYM, for the purposes of section 225 of the Companies Act 1985, for use when changing companies' (including certain oversea companies') accounting reference dates under that section. The form is in Welsh as well as in English and will take effect on 1st April 1996, the date on which amendments to section 225 to be made by regulation 3 of the Companies Act 1985 (Miscellaneous Accounting Amendments) Regulations 1996 come into force.