Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/2006/46/part/38/data.xht?view=snippet&amp;wrap=true
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 04:54:19
Document Index: 516917181

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 18', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 18', 'art. 3', 'art. 5', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 18', 'art. 2', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 11', 'art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 18', 'art. 2', 'art. 10', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 11', 'art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 18']

Meaning of “UK-registered company”E+W+S+N.I.
1158Meaning of “UK-registered company”E+W+S+N.I.
In the Companies Acts“UK-registered company” means a company registered under this Act. The expression does not include an overseas company that has registered particulars under section 1046.
I1S. 1158 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1158 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 1158 in force for certain purposes at 1.10.2007 and 1.11.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, arts. {2(3)(i)}, {3(2)(b)} (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1); s. 1158 in force otherwise at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(t) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
I2S. 1159 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1159 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 1159 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(4) (with savings in arts. 7, 12); s. 1159 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(u) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
I3S. 1160 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1160 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1160 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1160 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(4) (with savings in arts. 7, 12); s. 1160 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(u) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
Meaning of “undertaking” and related expressionsE+W+S+N.I.
1161Meaning of “undertaking” and related expressionsE+W+S+N.I.
C3Ss. 1161, 1162 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 52
C4S. 1161(1)(b) applied (with modifications) by 2016 anaw 6, s. 90(4) (as amended (E.W.) (25.1.2018) by Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1), s. 81(2)(3), Sch. 23 para. 35(b); S.I. 2018/34, art. 2(b)(i))
C5Ss. 1161, 1162 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 52
C6S. 1162 modified (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), ss. 55(3), 58, 355 (with ss. 20(2), 59, Sch. 8)
1163“Non-cash asset”E+W+S+N.I.
1164Meaning of “banking company” and “banking group”E+W+S+N.I.
(1)This section defines “banking company” and “banking group” for the purposes of the Companies Acts.
(2)“Banking company” means a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to accept deposits, other than—
(a)a person who is not a company, and
(b)a person who has such permission only for the purpose of carrying on another regulated activity in accordance with permission under that Part.
(3)The definition in subsection (2) must be read with section 22 of that Act, any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 to that Act.
(4)References to a banking group are to a group where the parent company is a banking company or where—
(a)the parent company's principal subsidiary undertakings are wholly or mainly credit institutions, and
(b)the parent company does not itself carry on any material business apart from the acquisition, management and disposal of interests in subsidiary undertakings.
(a)a parent company's principal subsidiary undertakings are the subsidiary undertakings of the company whose results or financial position would principally affect the figures shown in the group accounts, and
(b)the management of interests in subsidiary undertakings includes the provision of services to such undertakings.
1165Meaning of “insurance company” and related expressionsE+W+S+N.I.
(1)This section defines “insurance company”, “authorised insurance company”, “insurance group” and “insurance market activity” for the purposes of the Companies Acts.
(2)An “authorised insurance company” means a person (whether incorporated or not) who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance.
(3)An “insurance company” means—
(a)an authorised insurance company, or
(b)any other person (whether incorporated or not) who—
(i)carries on insurance market activity, or
(ii)may effect or carry out contracts of insurance under which the benefits provided by that person are exclusively or primarily benefits in kind in the event of accident to or breakdown of a vehicle.
(4)Neither expression includes a friendly society within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40).
(5)References to an insurance group are to a group where the parent company is an insurance company or where—
(a)the parent company's principal subsidiary undertakings are wholly or mainly insurance companies, and
(7)“Insurance market activity” has the meaning given in section 316(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
(8)References in this section to contracts of insurance and to the effecting or carrying out of such contracts must be read with section 22 of that Act, any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 to that Act.
1166“Employees' share scheme”E+W+S+N.I.
For the purposes of the Companies Acts an employees' share scheme is a scheme for encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares in or debentures of a company by or for the benefit of—
(b)the spouses, civil partners, surviving spouses, surviving civil partners, or minor children or step-children of such employees or former employees.
1167Meaning of “prescribed”E+W+S+N.I.
In the Companies Acts “prescribed” means prescribed (by order or by regulations) by the Secretary of State.
I4S. 1167 wholly in force at 30.9.2007; s. 1167 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1167 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1167 in force at 30.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2607, art. 2(2)
1168Hard copy and electronic form and related expressionsE+W+S+N.I.
I5S. 1168 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1168 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1168 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2007 and 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, {arts. 2(2)(f), 3(2)(c)} (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1168 in force for further specified purposes at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093, art. 2(2)(g) (with art. 11(1)); s. 1168 in force for specified purposes at 1.10.2007 and 15.12.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(3)(j), 4(2)(a) (with saving in art. 12); s. 1168 in force for further specified purposes at 6.4.2008 and 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 3(3)(i), 5(3)(b) (with savings in arts. 7, 12); s. 1168 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(u) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
1169Dormant companiesE+W+S+N.I.
(2)A “significant accounting transaction” means a transaction that is required by section 386 to be entered in the company's accounting records.
(i)a fee to the registrar on a change of the company's name,
(iv)a fee to the registrar for the registration of [F1a confirmation statement].
F1Words in s. 1169(3)(b)(iv) substituted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 93(6), 164(1); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(b)
C7S. 1169 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 53
C8S. 1169 applied by 2004 c. 12, s. 279(1E) (as inserted (15.3.2018 for specified purposes, 6.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 3 paras. 1(6), 2(1)(c)(2)(c)(3))
1170Meaning of “EEA State” and related expressionsE+W+S+N.I.
[F2 “ EEA State ” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978;
“ EEA company” and “ EEA undertaking” mean a company or undertaking governed by the law of an EEA State. ]
F2S. 1170: definition substituted (9.3.2007) by The Companies (EEA State) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/732), reg. 3
[F31170AReceiver or manager and certain related referencesE+W+S+N.I.
(1)Any reference in the Companies Acts to a receiver or manager of the property of a company, or to a receiver of it, includes a receiver or manager or (as the case may be) a receiver of part only of that property and a receiver only of the income arising from the property or from part of it.
(2)Any reference in the Companies Acts to the appointment of a receiver or manager under powers contained in an instrument includes an appointment made under powers that by virtue of an enactment are implied in and have effect as if contained in an instrument.
F3Ss. 1170A, 1170B inserted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 260(8) (with art. 10)
1170BMeaning of “contributory”E+W+S+N.I.
1171The former Companies ActsE+W+S+N.I.
the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act 1862 (c. 89), the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 (c. 69), the Companies Act 1929 (c. 23), the Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1932 (c. 7 (N.I.)), the Companies Acts 1948 to 1983, the Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 22 (N.I.)), the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)) and the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1035 (N.I. 9)), and
the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) and the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9) that are no longer in force;
“the Joint Stock Companies Acts” means the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 (c. 47), the Joint Stock Companies Acts 1856, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 14), the Joint Stock Banking Companies Act 1857 (c. 49), and the Act to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to be formed on the principle of limited liability (1858 c. 91), but does not include the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 (c. 110).
1172References to requirements of this ActE+W+S+N.I.
C9S. 1172 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 54 (as amended (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 85, Sch. 3 para. 15(4))
C10S. 1172 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 78
1173Minor definitions: generalE+W+S+N.I.
[F4“the Audit Regulation” means Regulation 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public interest entities;]
[F4“the competent authority” means the Financial Reporting Council Limited;]
[F5 “credit institution” means a credit institution as defined in Article 4(1)(1) of Regulation ( EU ) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.]
[F6“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);]
“regulated market” has the same meaning as in [F7Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments (see Article 4.1.21))];
[F8 “transferable securities” means anything which is a transferable security for the purposes of [F9Directive 2014/65/EU] of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments;]
“regulated market” has the same meaning as it has in [F10Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments].
F4Words in s. 1173(1) inserted (17.6.2016) by The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/649), reg. 1(1)(a), Sch. 3 para. 27(2)
F5Words in s. 1173(1) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 42(2)
F6Words in s. 1173(1) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 124 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F7Words in s. 1173(1) substituted (29.6.2017 for specified purposes, 3.7.2017 for specified purposes, 31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/701), reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(6), Sch. 4 para. 9(7)(a)(i) (with reg. 7)
F8Words in s. 1173(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/980), regs. 2(1), 12(2) (with reg. 3)
F9Words in s. 1173(1) substituted (29.6.2017 for specified purposes, 3.7.2017 for specified purposes, 31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/701), reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(6), Sch. 4 para. 9(7)(a)(ii) (with reg. 7)
F10Words in s. 1173(2) substituted (29.6.2017 for specified purposes, 3.7.2017 for specified purposes, 31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/701), reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(6), Sch. 4 para. 9(7)(b) (with reg. 7)
C11S. 1173 applied (6.4.2007) by The Companies Acts (Unregistered Companies) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/308), reg. 3, Sch. (with reg. 6)
C12S. 1173 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 79
C13S. 1173 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 55 (as amended (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 85, Sch. 3 para. 15(4)(5); as amended (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Limited Liability Partnerships, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/575), regs. 2(1), 25); (as amended (1.1.2018) by The Statutory Auditors Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1164), reg. 1(2)(3), Sch. 3 para. 20 (with reg. 2(6)(7)))
I6S. 1173 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1173 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1173 in force for specified purposes at 1.1.2007 and 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, arts. 2(2)(g), 3(2)(d) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1173 in force for further specified purposes at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1093, art. 2(2)(h) (with art. 11(1)); s. 1173 in force for further specified purposes at 1.10.2007 and 1.11.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, arts. 2(3)(k), 3(2)(c) (with saving in art. 12); s. 1173 in force for further specified purposes at 6.4.2008 and 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, arts. 3(3)(j), 5(3)(c) (with savings in arts. 7, 12); s. 1173 in force at 1.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(u) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
1174Index of defined expressionsE+W+S+N.I.