Provisions coming into force on 20th January 20073

1

The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 come into force on 20th January 2007—

a

sections 308 (manner in which notice to be given) and 309 (publication of notice of meeting on website);

b

section 333 (sending documents relating to meetings etc in electronic form);

c

section 463 (liability for false or misleading statements in reports);

d

sections 791 to 810, 811(1) to (3), 813 and 815 to 828 (information about interests in a company’s shares); and

e

sections 1143 to 1148 and Schedules 4 and 5 (the company communications provisions).

2

The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 come into force on 20th January 2007 so far as necessary for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1)—

a

section 2 (the Companies Acts);

b

sections 1121, 1122, 1125 to 1131 and 1133 (provisions relating to offences);

c

section 1168 (hard copy and electronic form and related expressions);

d

in section 1173 (minor definitions: general), the definition of “working day”; and

e

section 1284 (extension of Companies Acts to Northern Ireland).

3

The provisions of the Companies Act 2006, so far as not brought into force by section 1300(1) of that Act or article 2 or the preceding provisions of this article, come into force on 20th January 2007 for the purpose of enabling the exercise of powers to make orders or regulations by statutory instrument.