Companies Act 2006

Companies Act 2006
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to reform company law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to companies; to make other provision relating to companies and other forms of business organisation; to make provision about directors' disqualification, business names, auditors and actuaries; to amend Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes
Citation2006 c. 46
Territorial extent England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent8 November 2006
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) is a lengthy act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, whose 1,300 sections and additional schedules form the primary source of UK company law, including the duties of a company's directors.