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Which sections will come into force on 1 October 2008?
Part 5: Objection to company's registered name (sections 69-74)
Part 5: Trading disclosures (sections 82-85)
Part 10: Requirement for at least one director who is a natural person and rules on
under-age directors (sections 155-159)
Part 10: Register of directors (sections 162-169)
Part 10: Directors' conflict of interest duties and declarations by directors of interests in existing transactions or arrangements (sections 175-177, 180(1),
(2) (part) & 4(b), 181(2) & (3) & 182-187)
Part 14: Control of political donations and expenditure relating to independent election candidates (sections 362-379)
Part 17: Private companies: reduction of capital supported by solvency statement (sections 641(1)(a) & (2)-(6), 642-644, 652(1) and (3) & 654)
Part 18: Repeal of the restrictions under the Companies Act 1985 on financial assistance for acquisition of shares in private companies, including the "whitewash" procedure (sections 658-737)
Part 37: Power of court to grant relief to officers and auditors (section 1157)
Part 44: Power of Treasury or Secretary of State to make regulations about providing information on the exercise of voting rights by certain institutions
(sections 1277-1280)
Additionally, various miscellaneous sections, principally definitions and relevant offences, will come into force so far as is necessary for the sections listed above. So will several related statutory instruments.
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