1

General introductory provisions  (1-6)

Section 2: 6 April 2007

2

Company formation (7-16)

3

A company’s constitution (17-38)

Sections 29 & 30: 1 October 2007

4

A company’s capacity and related matters (39-52)

Section 44: 6 April 2008

5

A company’s name (53-85)

Sections 69 to 74: 1 October 2008

Sections 82 to 85: 1 October 2008

6

A company’s registered office (86-88)

7

Re-registration as a means of altering a company’s status (89-111)

8

A company’s members (112-144)

Sections 116 to 119: 1 October 2007

Sections 121 & 128: 6 April 2008

9

Exercise of members’ rights (145-153)

10

A company’s directors (154-259)

Sections 155 to 159: 1 October 2008

Sections 162 to 167: 1 October 2009

Sections 175 to 177: 1 October 2008

Sections 180(1), (2)(in part), & (4)(b), and 181(2) & (3): 1 October 2008

Sections 182 to 187: 1 October 2008

Sections 240 to 247: 1 October 2009

11

Derivative claims and proceedings by members (260-269)

12

Company secretaries (270-280)

Section 270(3)(b)(ii): 1 October 2009

Sections 275 to 279: 1 October 2009

13

Resolutions and meetings (281-361)

Sections 308 & 309: 20 January 2007

Section 333: 20 January 2007

Sections 327(2)(c) & 330(6)(c) are not being commenced for the time being.

14

Control of political donations and expenditure (362-379)

Provisions relating to independent election candidates: 1 October 2008

Part 14 comes into force in Northern Ireland on 1 November 2007, except for provisions relating to independent election candidates.

15

Accounts and reports (380-474)

Section 417: 1 October 2007

Section 463: 20 January 2007 for reports and statements first sent to members and others after that date

16

Audit (475-539)

Sections 485 to 488: 1 October 2007

17

A company’s share capital (540-657)

Section 544: 6 April 2008

Sections 641(1)(a) & (2)-(6), 642-644, 652(1) and (3) & 654: 1 October 2008

18

Acquisition by limited company of its own shares (658-737)

Repeal of the restrictions under the Companies Act 1985 on financial assistance for acquisition of shares in private companies, including the “whitewash” procedure: 1 October 2008

19

Debentures (738-754)

20

Private and public companies (755-767)

21

Certification and transfer of securities (768-790)

22

Information about interests in a company’s shares (791-828)

Sections 811(4), 812, 814: 6 April 2008

23

Distributions (829-853)

24

A company’s annual return (854-859)

25

Company charges (860-894)

26

Arrangements and reconstructions (895-901)

27

Mergers and divisions of public companies (902-941)

28

Takeovers etc (942-992)

29

Fraudulent trading (993)

30

Protection of members against unfair prejudice (994-999)

31

Dissolution and restoration to the register (1000-1034)

32

Company investigations: amendments (1035-1039)

33

UK companies not formed under the Companies Acts (1040-1043)

Section 1043: 6 April 2007

34

Overseas companies (1044-1059)

35

The registrar of companies (1060-1120)

Section 1063 (in respect of England, Wales and Scotland): 6 April 2007

Section 1068(5): 1 January 2007

Sections 1077 to 1080: 1 January 2007

Sections 1085 to 1092: 1 January 2007

Sections 1102 to 1107: I January 2007

Section 1111: 1 January 2007

36

Offences under the Companies Acts (1121-1133)

Section 1124: 1 October 2007

Section 1126: 6 April 2008

37

Companies: supplementary provisions (1134-1157)

Section 1137(1), (4), (5)(b) and (6): 30 September 2007

Sections 1143 to 1148: 20 January 2007

Section 1157: 1 October 2008

38

Companies: interpretation (1158-1174)

Sections 1161, 1162, 1164, 1165, 1169 and 1172 : 6 April 2008

Section 1167: 30 September 2007

Section 1170: 6 April 2007

39

Companies: minor amendments (1175-1181)

Section 1175 (only for Part 1 of Schedule 9): 1 April 2008

Sections 1180: 1 October 2009

Section 1181: 1 October 2009

40

Company directors: foreign disqualification etc (1182-1191)

41

Business names (1192-1208)

42

Statutory auditors (1209-1264)

Sections 1242 to 1244: