COMPANIES PART 1 GENERAL Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of “cross-border merger” 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Companies Act 2006 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unregistered companies 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 PRE-MERGER REQUIREMENTS Court approval of pre-merger requirements 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Draft terms of merger 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directors' report 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent expert's report 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circumstances in which independent expert’s report not required 9A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inspection of documents 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power of court to summon meeting of members or creditors 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public notice of receipt of registered documents 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publication of draft terms of merger on company website 12A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approval of members in meeting 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approval of creditors in meeting 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documents to be circulated or made available 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 COURT APPROVAL OF CROSS-BORDER MERGER Court approval of cross-border merger 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequences of a cross-border merger 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy of order to be provided to members 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy of order to be delivered to the registrar of companies 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligations of transferee company with respect to articles etc 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification of registration 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION CHAPTER 1 APPLICATION OF THIS PART Application of this Part 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2 MERGING COMPANIES AND THE SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY Duty on merging company to provide information 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Complaint of failure to provide information 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The special negotiating body 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Composition of the special negotiating body 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Complaint about establishment of special negotiating body 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 3 NEGOTIATION OF THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Negotiations to reach an employee participation agreement 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The employee participation agreement 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decisions of the special negotiating body 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decision not to open or to terminate negotiations 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Complaint about decisions of special negotiating body 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 4 ELECTION OF UNITED KINGDOM MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY Ballot arrangements 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conduct of the ballot 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representation of employees 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 5 STANDARD RULES OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN A UK TRANSFEREE COMPANY Merging Companies may select standard rules of employee participation 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of the standard rules 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The standard rules of employee participation 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limit on level of employee participation 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent domestic mergers 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 6 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Duty of confidentiality 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withholding of information by the transferee or merging company 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 7 PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY, ETC. Right to time off for members of special negotiating body, etc. 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right to remuneration for time off under regulation 43 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right to time off: complaints to employment tribunals 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension of time limit to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings 45A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unfair dismissal of employee 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unfair dismissal of member of special negotiating body, etc. 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsidiary provisions relating to unfair dismissal 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detriment 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detriment for member of special negotiating body, etc. 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detriment: enforcement and subsidiary provisions 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conciliation 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 8 COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT Disputes about operation of an employee participation agreement or the standard rules of employee participation 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Misuse of procedures 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exclusivity of remedy 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 9 MISCELLANEOUS CAC proceedings 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal Tribunal: location of certain proceedings under these Regulations 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal Tribunal: appeals from employment tribunals 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACAS 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on contracting out: general 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on contracting out: Chapter 7 of this Part 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Employment Act 2002 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATION ON INSOLVENCY Insolvency Act 1986 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .