Company Law Club Newsletter 2007-03
Companies Act 2006. Parts 1 - 7.
An account of the first seven Parts of the Companies Act has been put on the
website. This is the first of a series of articles about the new Act, covering
the areas set out below. It does not claim to be a comprehensive account of
all the legislative provisions, but highlights those areas where the law has
changed. It also emphasises the areas that are of practical concern to those
who run owner-managed companies, and their advisors. As with the rest of the
Company Law Club website, some areas, judged to be primarily of academic interest
or concerning only public, and especially listed, companies do not receive detailed
treatment.
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Areas covered in this article:
Part 1. General introductory provisions
Types of company
Part 2. Company formation
Company formation
Part 3. A company's constitution
A company's constitution
Articles of association
Alteration of articles
Resolutions and agreements affecting a company's constitution
Statement of company's objects
Part 4. A company's capacity and related matters
Capacity of company and power of directors to bind it
Execution of documents
Part 5. A company's name
Company names
Prohibited names
Sensitive words and expressions
Permitted characters etc
Indications of company type or legal form
Similarity to other name on registrar's index
Similarity to other name in which person has goodwill (including company names
adjudicator)
Change of name
Trading disclosures
Part 6. A company's registered office
Registered office
Part 7. Re-registration as a means of altering a company's status
Re-registrations
Private company becoming public
Public company becoming private
Private limited company becoming unlimited
Unlimited private company becoming limited
Public company becoming private and unlimited
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Items already on the Company Law Club website on the Companies Act 2006 are:
The Legislation
section of the CLC database, which has been updated to include the text
of the new Act and the commencement orders that have already been passed.
Introduction to
the Act
Provisions in force
as at April 2007
Proposed timetable
for future implementation
A list of Parts
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