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The Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provision) Order 1991

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1991-12-20

State In force

Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 20th December 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 215(2) and (3) of the Companies Act 1989[^f00001], hereby makes the following Order:–

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This Order may be cited as the Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provision) Order 1991.

2

Sections 1 and 11 in Part I of the Companies Act 1989 shall come into force on 1st July 1992 for the purpose of inserting the new section 242A into Part VII of the Companies Act 1985[^f00002], subject to the transitional provision set out in article 3 below.

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(1) This article applies where–

(a) the requirements of section 242 of the Companies Act 1985 as to the delivering of accounts and reports before the end of the period allowed for so doing have not been complied with before 1st July 1992, and

(b) those requirements have still not been complied with on that date.

(2) In such a case, the period by reference to the length of which the amount of the penalty is determined under section 242A(2) of the Companies Act 1985 shall be deemed to commence on 1st July 1992.

Signed

John Redwood — Minister of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 20th December 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st July 1992 sections 1 and 11 in Part I of the Companies Act 1989 (Company Accounts) for the purpose of inserting a new section 242A (liability to civil penalty for failure to deliver accounts under section 242) into Part VII of the Companies Act 1985.

Article 3 makes transitional provision in cases where the requirements of section 242 of the Companies Act 1985 as to the delivering of accounts and reports have not been complied with before 1st July 1992, and have still not been complied with on that date. In such cases the period by reference to which the amount of the civil penalty is calculated under section 242A(2) is deemed to commence on 1st July 1992.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 40.

[^f00002]: 1985 c. 6.

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