What is left behind in the 1985, 1989 and 2004 Acts

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• What parts of the non-company law of the Acts will remain?
• What is left behind in the 1985 Act?
• What is left behind in the 1989 Act ?
• What is left behind in the 2004 Act ?
• What provisions do not have a place in the new comprehensive statement of company law in the Act?

What parts of the non-company law of the Acts will remain?

• Some Scots Law provisions, which are now devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and which are being replaced by the Scottish Parliament.

• Provisions about the Financial Reporting Council which are about the operation of that body and its subsidiaries, not about how companies generally conduct themselves

• Provisions about assisting overseas regulatory authorities, about financial markets, about the Financial Reporting Review Panel, and about insolvency all of which relate more to financial services law than company law.

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What is left behind in the 1985 Act?

• Company Investigations

• Orders imposing restrictions on shares following an investigation

• Provisions about Scottish floating charges and receivers

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What is left behind in the 1989 Act ?

• Powers to require information and documents to assist overseas regulatory authorities.

• Provisions about Scottish incorporated charities.

• Amendments and savings consequential upon the changes in the law made by the 1989 Act.

• Provisions about financial markets and insolvency.

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What is left behind in the 2004 Act ?

• The provisions extending the functions of the Financial Reporting Review Panel (FRRP) to interim accounts and reports.

• Provisions about the financing and liability of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and its subsidiary bodies.

• Community interest companies.

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What provisions do not have a place in the new comprehensive statement of company law in the Act?

• Investigations can go beyond companies to cover other types of organisation.

• The Scots law provisions left behind are now devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

• The provisions about assisting overseas regulatory authorities, about financial markets and insolvency and about the FRRP relate more to financial services law than company law.

• The provisions about the FRC are about the operation of that body and its subsidiaries, not about how companies generally conduct themselves.

• The provisions about community interest companies form a complete code which is additional for company law and sits alongside it rather than forming part of it.

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