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Part 2

The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)

1 In Article 248 (requirements in connection with publication of accounts)—

      (a) in paragraph (1) omit from “or, as the case may be,” to “Article 257A(2)”;

      (b) in paragraph (3)(c) omit from “and, if no such report” to “any such financial year”;

      (c) after paragraph (3)(c) insert “, and”;

      (d) omit paragraph (3)(e) and the word “, and” preceding it;

      (e) in the closing words of paragraph (3) omit from “or any report” to “Article 257A(2)”.

2 In Article 253 (voluntary revision of annual accounts or directors’ report), in paragraph (4)(b) omit “or reporting accountant”.

3 In Article 257A (exemptions from audit)—

      (a) omit paragraphs (2), (3A) and (4);

      (b) in paragraph (6) for “figures for turnover or gross income” substitute “figure for turnover”;

      (c) in paragraph (6A) omit “or (2)”;

      (d) in paragraph (7) omit the definition of “gross income” and the “, and” preceding it.

4 In Article 257B (cases where exemptions not available)—

      (a) in the opening words of paragraph (1) omit “or (2)”;

      (b) in paragraph (1C)(b) omit from “where the company referred to” to “is not a charity”;

      (c) in paragraph (3) omit “or (2)”;

      (d) in paragraph (4), in the opening words and in sub-paragraph (a), omit “or (2)”.

5 Omit Article 257C (report required for purposes of Article 257A(2).

6 Omit Article 257D (the reporting accountant).

7 In Article 257E (effect of exemptions) omit paragraph (2).

8 In Article 270A (index of defined expressions) omit the entry for “reporting accountant”.


Mr Secretary Darling

NS2

    To move the following Schedule:—

‘Index of defined expressions

abbreviated accounts (in Part 16) sections 452(4) and 453(3)
accounting reference date and accounting reference period section 397
accounting standards (in Part 16) section 472
accounts meeting section 445(3)
acquisition, in relation to a non-cash asset section (“Non-cash asset”)(2)
address  
  — generally in the Companies Acts section 1107
  — in the company communications provisions section 1114(1)
affirmative resolution procedure, in relation to regulations and orders section 1254
allotment (time of) section 572
allotment of equity securities (in Chapter 3 of Part 18) section 574(2)
allotted share capital and allotted shares section 560(1)(b) and (2)
annual accounts (in Part 16) section 479
annual accounts and reports (in Part 16) section 479
annual general meeting section 343
annual return section 858
appropriate audit authority (in sections 536, 537 and 538) section 539(1)
appropriate rate of interest  
     — in Chapter 5 of Part 18 section 606
     — in Chapter 6 of Part 18 section 623
approval after being made, in relation to regulations and orders section 1255
arrangement  
     — in Chapter 7 of Part 18 section 630(1)
     — in Part 27 section (Application of Part 27)(2)
articles section 18
associate (in Chapter 3 of Part 28) section 955
associated bodies corporate and associated company (in Part 10) section 256
authenticated, in relation to a document or information sent or supplied to a company section 1112
authorised group, of members of a company (in Part 15) section (Enforcement of directors’ liabilities by shareholder action)(3)
authorised insurance company section 1129(2)
authorised minimum (in relation to share capital of public company) section (The authorised minimum)
available profits (in Chapter 5 of Part 19) sections 724 and 725
banking company and banking group section 1128
body corporate section 1138(1)
called-up share capital section 561
capital redemption reserve section 746
capitalisation in relation to a company’s profits (in Part 24) section 856(3)
cash (in relation to paying up or allotting shares) section 597
cause of action, in relation to derivative proceedings (in Chapter 2 of Part 11) section 265(7)
certified translation (in Part 35) section 1073
charge (in Chapter 1 of Part 26) section 865(5)
circulation date, in relation to a written resolution (in Part 14) section 297
class of shares section 643
the Companies Acts section 2
Companies Act accounts sections 401(1)(a) and 409(2)(a)
Companies Act group accounts section 409(2)(a)
Companies Act individual accounts section 401(1)(a)
companies involved in the division (in Part 27A) section (Divisions and companies involved in a division)(2)
company  
  — generally in the Companies Acts section 1
  — in Chapter 7 of Part 18 section 630(1)
  — in Chapter 1 of Part 26 section 865(5)
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 26 section 883(6)
  — in Part 27 section (Application of Part 27)(2)
  — in Chapter 3 of Part 28 section 958(1)
  — in the company communications provisions section 1114(1)
the company communications provisions section 1108
the company law provisions of this Act section 2(2)
company records (in Part 37) section 1100
connected with, in relation to a director (in Part 10) sections 252 to 254
constitution, of a company  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 17
 — in Part 10 section 257
controlling, of a body corporate by a director (in Part 10) section 255
corporation section 1138(1)
the court section 1122
credit institution section 1138(1)
credit transaction (in Chapter 4 of Part 10) section 201
creditor (in Chapter 1 of Part 31) section 977
daily default fine section 1091
date of the offer (in Chapter 3 of Part 28) section 958(1)
debenture section 751
derivative claim (in Chapter 1 of Part 11) section 260
derivative proceedings (in Chapter 2 of Part 11) section 265
Directive disclosure requirements section 1044
director  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 250
    — in Chapter 8 of Part 10 section 240(3)
 — in Chapter 1 of Part 11 section 260(5)
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 11 section 265(7)
 — in Part 15 section 385(1)
directors’ remuneration report section 426
directors’ report section 421
distributable profits  
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 19 section 696(1)
 —elsewhere in Part 19 section 749
distribution  
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 19 section 696(1)
 — in Part 24 section 832
division (in Part 27A) section (Divisions and companies involved in a division)
document  
  — in Part 35 section 1079(1)
  — in the company communications provisions section 1114(1)
dormant, in relation to a company or other body corporate section 1134
EEA State and related expressions section 1135
electronic form, electronic copy, electronic means  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 1132(3) and (4)
 — in relation to communications to a company Part 3 of Schedule 4
 — in relation to communications by a company Part 3 of Schedule 5
eligible members, in relation to a written resolution section 296
e-money issuer  
     — in Part 16 section 482(1)
     — in Part 17 section 553
employees’ share scheme section 1130
employer and employee (in Chapter 1 of Part 19) section 689
enactment section 1257
equity securities (in Chapter 3 of Part 18) section 574(1)
equity share capital section 562
equity shares (in Chapter 7 of Part 18) section 630(1)
existing company (in Part 27A) section (Application of this Part)(2)
fellow subsidiary undertakings section 1126(4)
financial assistance (in Chapter 2 of Part 19) section 690
financial institution section 1138(1)
financial year, of a company section 396
firm section 1138(1)
fixed assets (in Part 24) section 856
the former Companies Acts section 1136
the Gazette section 1138(1)
group (in Part 16) section 482(1)
group undertaking section 1126(5)
hard copy form and hard copy  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 1132(2)
 — in relation to communications to a company Part 2 of Schedule 4
 — in relation to communications by a company Part 2 of Schedule 5
hire-purchase agreement section 1138(1)
holder of shares (in Chapter 3 of Part 18) section 588
holding company section 1124 (and see section 1125 and Schedule 7)
IAS accounts sections 401(1)(b) and 409(1) and (2)(b)
IAS group accounts section 409(1) and (2)(b)
IAS individual accounts section 401(1)(b)
IAS Regulation (in Part 16) section 482(1)
included in the consolidation, in relation to group accounts (in Part 16) section 482(1)
individual accounts section 400
information rights (in Part 9) section 146(3)
insurance company section 1129(3)
insurance group section 1129(5)
insurance market activity section 1129(7)
interest in shares (for the purposes of Part 23) sections 823 to 828
international accounting standards (in Part 16) section 482(1)
investment company (in Part 24) section 836
ISD investment firm  
     — in Part 16 section 482(1)
     — in Part 17 section 553
issued share capital and issued shares section 560(1)(a) and (2)
the issuing company (in Chapter 7 of Part 18) section 624(6)
the Joint Stock Companies Acts section 1136
liabilities (in Part 27A) section (Meaning of “liabilities” and “property”)
liability, references to incurring, reducing or discharging (in Chapter 2 of Part 19) section 696(2)
limited by guarantee section 3(3)
limited by shares section 3(2)
limited company section 3
the main register (of members) (in Chapter 3 of Part 8) section 131(1)
major audit (in sections 536 and 539) section 539(2)
market purchase, by a company of its own shares (in Chapter 4 of Part 19) section 706(4)
member, of a company  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 112
 — in Chapter 1 of Part 11 section 260(5)
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 11 section 265(7)
memorandum of association section 8
merger (in Part 27A) section (Mergers and merging companies)
merging companies (in Part 27A) section (Mergers and merging companies)(2)
merger by absorption (in Part 27A) section (Mergers and merging companies)(1)(a)
merger by formation of a new company (in Part 27A) section (Mergers and merging companies)(1)(b)
negative resolution procedure, in relation to regulations and orders section 1253
net assets (in Part 7) section 92
new company (in Part 27A) section (Application of this Part)(2)
non-cash asset section (“Non-cash asset”)
non-voting shares (in Chapter 3 of Part 28) section 958(1)
number, in relation to shares section 554(4)(b)
off-market purchase, by a company of its own shares (in Chapter 4 of Part 19) section 706(2)
offer period (in Chapter 2 of Part 28) section 938(1)
offer to the public (in Chapter 1 of Part 21) section 769
offeror  
     — in Chapter 2 of Part 28 section 938(1)
     — in Chapter 3 of Part 28 section 958(1)
officer, in relation to a body corporate section 1138(1)
officer in default section 1087
official seal, of registrar section 1028
opted-in company (in Chapter 2 of Part 28) section 938(1)
opting-in resolution (in Chapter 2 of Part 28) section 933(1)
opting-out resolution (in Chapter 2 of Part 28) section 933(5)
ordinary resolution section 289
ordinary shares (in Chapter 3 of Part 18) section 574(1)
organisation (in Part 15) section 385(1)
other relevant transactions or arrangements (in Chapter 4 of Part 10) section 209
overseas company section 1011
overseas branch register section 129(1)
paid up section 597
the Panel (in Part 28) section 909
parent company section 1138(1)
parent undertaking section 1127 (and see Schedule 8)
payment for loss of office (in Chapter 4 of Part 10) section 214
pension scheme (in Chapter 1 of Part 19) section 688
period for appointing auditors, in relation to a private company section 499(2)
period for filing, in relation to accounts and reports for a financial year section 450
permissible capital payment (in Chapter 5 of Part 19) section 723
political donation (in Part 15) section 370
political expenditure (in Part 15) section 371
political organisation (in Part 15) section 369(2)
prescribed section 1131
private company section 4
profit and loss account (in Part 16) section 482(1) and (2)
profits and losses (in Part 24) section 856(2)
profits available for distribution (for the purposes of Part 24) section 833(2)
property (in Part 27A) section (Meaning of “liabilities” and “property”)
protected information (in Chapter 8 of Part 10) section 240
provision for entrenchment, in relation to a company’s articles section 22
public company section 4
publication, in relation to accounts and reports (in sections 441 to 443) section 444
qualified, in relation to an auditor’s report etc (in Part 17) section 553
qualifying shares (in Chapter 6 of Part 19) section 737(2)
qualifying third party indemnity provision (in Chapter 7 of Part 10) section 234
qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision (in Chapter 7 of Part 10) section 235
quasi-loan (in Chapter 4 of Part 10) section 199
quoted company  
 — in Part 14 section 367
 — in Part 16 section 391
 — in Chapter 5 of Part 17 section 545 (and section 391)
realised profits and losses (in Part 24) section 856(4)
redeemable shares section 697(1)
redenominate section 636(1)
redenomination reserve section 642
the register section 1046
register of charges, kept by registrar  
  — in England and Wales and Northern Ireland section 873
  — in Scotland section 889
register of directors section 162
register of directors’ residential addresses section 165
register of members section 113
register of secretaries section 275
registered number, of a branch of an overseas company section 1033
registered number, of a company section 1032
registered office, of a company section 86
registrar and registrar of companies section 1026
registrar’s index of company names section 1065
registrar’s rules section 1083
registration in a particular part of the United Kingdom section 1026(4)
regulated activity  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 1138(1)
 — in Part 16 section 482(1)
regulated market section 1138(1)
relevant accounts (in Part 24) section 839(2)
requirements for proper delivery (in Part 35) section 1038 (and see section (Power to accept documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery))
requirements of this Act section 1137
securities (and related expressions)  
     — in Chapter 1 of Part 21 section 768(5)
     — in Chapter 2 of Part 22 section 793
senior statutory auditor section 518
sent or supplied, in relation to documents or information (in the company communications provisions) section 1114(2) and (3)
service address section 1106
service contract, of a director (in Part 10) section 227
shadow director section 251
share  
 — generally in the Companies Acts section 554 (and see section 1126(2))
 — in Part 23 section 801
 — in section 1127 and Schedule 8 section 1127(7)
share capital, company having a section 559
share exchange ratio  
     — in Chapter 2 of Part 27A section (Draft terms of scheme (merger))(2)
     — in Chapter 3 of Part 27A section (Draft terms of scheme (division))(2)
share premium account section 624(1)
share warrant section 789(1)
small companies regime, for accounts and reports section 387
solvency statement (in sections 655 to 658) section 657
special notice, in relation to a resolution section 319
special resolution section 290
statutory accounts section 442(3)
subsidiary section 1124 (and see section 1125 and Schedule 7)
subsidiary undertaking section 1127 (and see Schedule 8)
summary financial statement section 432
takeover bid (in Chapter 2 of Part 28) section 938(1)
takeover offer (in Chapter 3 of Part 28) section 941
the Takeovers Directive  
 — in Chapter 1 of Part 28 section 910(8)
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 28 section 938(1)
trading certificate section 774(1)
transfer, in relation to a non-cash asset section (“Non-cash asset”)(2)
treasury shares section 737(5)
turnover  
 — in Part 16 section 482(1)
 — in Part 17 section 553
UCITS management company  
     — in Part 16 section 482(1)
     — in Part 17 section 553
UK-registered company section (Meaning of “UK-registered company”)
uncalled share capital section 561
unconditional, in relation to a contract to acquire shares (in Chapter 3 of Part 28) section 958(2)
undistributable reserves section 834(4)
undertaking section 1126(1)
unique identifier section 1048
unlimited company section 3
unquoted company (in Part 16) section 391
voting rights  
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 28 section 938(1)
 — in Chapter 3 of Part 28 section 958(1)
    — in section 1124 and Schedule 7 paragraph 2 of Schedule 7
   — in section 1127 and Schedule 8 paragraph 2 of Schedule 8
voting shares  
 — in Chapter 2 of Part 28 section 938(1)
 — in Chapter 3 of Part 28 section 958(1)
website, communication by a company by means of Part 4 of Schedule 5
Welsh company section 88
wholly-owned subsidiary section 1124(2) (and see section 1125 and Schedule 7)
working day, in relation to a company section 1138(1)
written resolution section 295’

 
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