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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]
Schedule 9 — Index of defined expressions

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  — in relation to communications by a

Part 3 of Schedule 7

 
 

traded company

  
 

eligible members, in relation to a written

section 272

 
 

resolution

  
 

employees’ share scheme

section 743 of the 1985 Act

 

5

 

enactment

section 918

 
 

equity security (in sections 89 to 96 of the

section 94(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

1985 Act)

  
 

equity share capital

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 
 

existing company

section 1

 

10

 

expert’s report (in Schedule 15B to the 1985

paragraph 3(d) of Schedule 15B to the

 
 

Act)

1985 Act

 
 

fellow subsidiary undertakings

section 805(4)

 
 

financial assistance (in Chapter 6 of Part 5

section 152(1)(a) of the 1985 Act

 
 

of the 1985 Act)

  

15

 

financial institution

section 813

 
 

financial year, of a company

section 372

 
 

firm

section 813

 
 

the former Companies Acts

section 811

 
 

the Gazette

section 813

 

20

 

group (in Part 15)

section 458(1)

 
 

group accounts

section 381

 
 

group undertaking

section 805(5)

 
 

hard copy form and hard copy

  
 

  — for the purposes of the Companies

section 807(2)

 

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Acts

  
 

  — in relation to communications to a

Part 2 of Schedule 5

 
 

company

  
 

  — in relation to communications by a

Part 2 of Schedule 6

 
 

company other than a traded company

  

30

 

  — in relation to communications by a

Part 2 of Schedule 7

 
 

traded company

  
 

hire-purchase agreement

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 
 

holder of shares, in relation to an offer to

section 94(7) of the 1985 Act

 
 

allot securities (in sections 89 to 94 of the

  

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1985 Act)

  
 

 

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holding company

section 736 of the 1985 Act

 
 

IAS accounts

sections 377(1)(b) and 385(1) and

 
  

(2)(b)

 
 

IAS group accounts

section 385(1) and (2)(b)

 
 

IAS individual accounts

section 377(1)(b)

 

5

 

IAS Regulation (in Part 15)

section 458(1)

 
 

included in the consolidation, in relation to

section 458(1)

 
 

group accounts (in Part 15)

  
 

independent examiner

section 470

 
 

individual accounts

section 376

 

10

 

the insider dealing legislation

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 
 

the Insolvency Act

section 735A(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

insurance company

section 742C of the 1985 Act

 
 

insurance market activity

  
 

  — in Part 15

section 458(1)

 

15

 

  — in Part 16

section 529(1)

 
 

interest in shares (for the purposes of Part

section 627

 
 

22)

  
 

international accounting standards (in Part

section 458(1)

 
 

15)

  

20

 

issued shares and issued share capital

section 556(2) and (3)

 
 

the Joint Stock Companies Acts

section 811

 
 

liabilities (in section 427A of, and Schedule

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

15B to, the 1985 Act)

  
 

protected information (in Chapter 8 of Part

section 223

 

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10)

  
 

limited by guarantee

section 3(3)

 
 

limited by shares

section 3(2)

 
 

limited company

section 3

 
 

listing rules (in Part 15)

section 458(1)

 

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major audit (in sections 512 and 515)

section 515(2)

 
 

market purchase, by a company of its own

section 163 of the 1985 Act

 
 

shares (in Chapter 7 of Part 5 of the 1985

  
 

Act)

  
 

member, of a company

  

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  — in the Companies Acts

section 111

 
 

  — in Chapter 1 of Part 11

section 243(5)

 
 

  — in Chapter 2 of Part 11

section 248(6)

 
 

memorandum of association

section 8

 
 

negative resolution procedure, in relation

section 914

 

5

 

to regulations and orders

  
 

non-cash asset

section 739(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

non-voting shares (in Part 13A of the 1985

section 430H(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

Act)

  
 

number, in relation to shares

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 

10

 

off-market purchase, by a company of its

section 163 of the 1985 Act

 
 

own shares (in Chapter 7 of Part 5 of the

  
 

1985 Act)

  
 

offer period (in Chapter 2 of Part 24)

section 671(1)

 
 

offer to the public (in Chapter 1 of Part 17)

section 531

 

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offeror

  
 

  — in Part 13A of the 1985 Act

section 428(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

  — in Chapter 2 of Part 24

section 671(1)

 
 

officer, in relation to a body corporate

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 
 

officer in default

section 774

 

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official seal, of registrar

section 715

 
 

opted-in company (in Chapter 2 of Part 24)

section 671(1)

 
 

opting-in resolution (in Chapter 2 of Part

section 666(1)

 
 

24)

  
 

opting-out resolution (in Chapter 2 of Part

section 666(5)

 

25

 

24)

  
 

ordinary resolution

section 265

 
 

organisation (in Part 14)

section 361(1)

 
 

other relevant transactions or

section 194

 
 

arrangements (in Chapter 4 of Part 10)

  

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overseas company

section 699

 
 

overseas branch register

section 362 of the 1985 Act

 
 

paid up and related expressions

section 738 of the 1985 Act

 
 

the Panel (in Part 24)

section 642

 
 

 

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parent company

section 813

 
 

parent undertaking

section 806 and Schedule 8

 
 

payment for loss of office (in Chapter 4 of

section 199

 
 

Part 10)

  
 

period for appointing auditors, in relation

section 475(2)

 

5

 

to a private company

  
 

period for filing, in relation to accounts

section 426

 
 

and reports for a financial year

  
 

permissible capital payment (in Chapter 7

section 181 of the 1985 Act

 
 

of Part 5 of the 1985 Act)

  

10

 

political donation (in Part 14)

section 346

 
 

political expenditure (in Part 14)

section 347

 
 

political organisation (in Part 14)

section 345(2)

 
 

pre-existing transferee company (in section

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

427A of, and Schedule 15B to, the 1985 Act)

  

15

 

prescribed

section 744 of the 1985 Act

 
 

the principal register (in Schedule 14 to the

paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 14 to the

 
 

1985 Act)

1985 Act

 
 

private company

section 4

 
 

profit and loss account (in Part 15)

section 458(1) and (2)

 

20

 

profits and losses (in Part 8 of the 1985 Act)

section 280(3) of the 1985 Act

 
 

profits available for distribution (for the

section 263(3) of the 1985 Act

 
 

purposes of Part 8 of the 1985 Act)

  
 

property (in section 427A of, and Schedule

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

15B to, the 1985 Act)

  

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protected information

section 223(4)

 
 

provision for entrenchment

section 22

 
 

public company

section 4

 
 

publication, in relation to accounts and

section 420

 
 

reports (in sections 417 to 419)

  

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qualified, in relation to an auditor’s report

section 529(1)

 
 

etc (in Part 16)

  
 

qualifying shares (in Chapter 7 of Part 5 of

section 162ZC(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

the 1985 Act)

  
 

qualifying third party indemnity provision

section 218

 

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(in Chapter 7 of Part 10)

  
 

 

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quasi-loan (in Chapter 4 of Part 10)

section 184

 
 

quoted company

  
 

  — in Part 13

section 343

 
 

  — in Part 15

section 367

 
 

  — in Chapter 5 of Part 16

section 521 (and section 367)

 

5

 

redeemable shares

section 159 of the 1985 Act

 
 

redenominate

section 586(1)

 
 

redenomination reserve

section 592

 
 

the register

section 733

 
 

register of charges, kept by registrar

  

10

 

  — in England and Wales and Northern

section 401 of the 1985 Act

 
 

Ireland

  
 

  — in Scotland

section 417 of the 1985 Act

 
 

register of directors

section 147

 
 

register of directors’ residential addresses

section 150

 

15

 

register of secretaries (in case of public

section 258

 
 

company)

  
 

registered number, of a branch of an

section 720

 
 

overseas company

  
 

registered number, of a company

section 719

 

20

 

registered office, of a company

section 86

 
 

registrar and registrar of companies

section 713

 
 

registrar’s index of company names

section 752

 
 

registrar’s rules

section 770

 
 

registration in a particular part of the

section 713(4)

 

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United Kingdom

  
 

regulated activity

  
 

  — in Part 15

section 458(1)

 
 

  — in Part 16

section 529(1)

 
 

regulated market

section 813

 

30

 

relevant employee shares (in sections 89 to

section 94(4) of the 1985 Act

 
 

96 of the 1985 Act)

  
 

relevant shares (in sections 89 to 96 of the

section 94(5) of the 1985 Act

 
 

1985 Act)

  
 

 

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requirements of this Act

section 812

 
 

resolution for reducing share capital

section 135(3) of the 1985 Act

 
 

the scheme (in section 427A of, and

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

Schedule 15B to, the 1985 Act)

  
 

securities (in Chapter 1 of Part 17)

section 530(5)

 

5

 

senior statutory auditor

section 494

 
 

sent or supplied, in relation to documents

section 800(2) and (3)

 
 

or information (in the company

  
 

communications provisions)

  
 

service address

section 792

 

10

 

service contract, of a director

section 211

 
 

shadow director

section 234

 
 

share

  
 

  — in the Companies Acts

section 744 of the 1985 Act and section

 
  

805(2) of this Act

 

15

 

  — in Part 22

section 605

 
 

  — in section 806 and Schedule 8

section 806(7)

 
 

share capital (company having a)

section 556(1)

 
 

share exchange ratio (in Schedule 15B to

paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 15B to

 
 

the 1985 Act)

the 1985 Act

 

20

 

share premium account

section 130(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

share warrant

section 188 of the 1985 Act

 
 

special notice, in relation to a resolution

section 295

 
 

special resolution

section 266

 
 

subsidiary

section 736 of the 1985 Act

 

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subsidiary undertaking

section 806 and Schedule 8

 
 

summary financial statement

section 408

 
 

takeover bid (in Chapter 2 of Part 24)

section 671(1)

 
 

takeover offer (in Part 13A of the 1985 Act)

section 428(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

the Takeovers Directive

  

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  — in Chapter 1 of Part 24

section 643(8)

 
 

  — in Chapter 2 of Part 24

section 671(1)

 
 

traded company (in the company

section 800(1)

 
 

communications provisions)

  
 

 

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trading certificate

section 536(1)

 
 

transfer, in relation to a non-cash asset

section 739(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

transferor company (in section 427A of,

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 
 

and Schedule 15B to, the 1985 Act)

  
 

transferee company (in section 427A of,

section 427A(8) of the 1985 Act

 

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and Schedule 15B to, the 1985 Act)

  
 

treasury shares

section 162A(3) of the 1985 Act

 
 

turnover

  
 

  — in Part 15

section 458(1)

 
 

  — in Part 16

section 529(1)

 

10

 

uncalled share capital

section 737(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

unconditional, in relation to a contract to

section 430H(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

acquire shares (in Part 13A of the 1985 Act)

  
 

undistributable reserves

section 264(3) of the 1985 Act

 
 

undertaking

section 805(1)

 

15

 

unique identifier

section 735

 
 

unlimited company

section 3

 
 

unquoted company (in Part 15)

section 367

 
 

voting rights

  
 

  — in Chapter 2 of Part 24

section 671(1)

 

20

 

  — in Part 13A of the 1985 Act

section 430H(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

voting shares

  
 

  — in Chapter 2 of Part 24

section 671(1)

 
 

  — in Part 13A of the 1985 Act

section 430H(1) of the 1985 Act

 
 

website, communication by means of

  

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  — in relation to communications by a

Part 4 of Schedule 6

 
 

company other than a traded company

  
 

  — in relation to communications by a

Part 4 of Schedule 7

 
 

traded company

  
 

Welsh company

section 88

 

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wholly-owned subsidiary

section 736(2) of the 1985 Act

 
 

working day, in relation to a company

section 813

 
 

written resolution

section 271

 
 

 

 
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