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Company law in Scotland

Company formation, governance, directors, ownership, filings, and corporate obligations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

189 matching statutes

  • Scotland

    Housing (Scotland) Act 2010

    4 provisions

    This provision creates the Scottish Housing Regulator and sets out how it must operate, including duties on reports, registers, consultation, and regulatory intervention powers.

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  • Scotland

    Baird Trust Reorganisation Act 2005

    1 provisions

    This Act transfers the Baird Trust’s property, rights, interests and liabilities to a successor company, dissolves the Trust, and changes references to the transferor into references to the transferee.

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  • Scotland

    Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007

    8 provisions

    This provision creates a Register of Floating Charges, sets out how floating charges are registered, ranked, assigned, altered, discharged, and attached, and adds related rules for officers of court and land attachment.

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  • Scotland

    Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

    9 provisions

    This provision dissolves and restructures several Scottish bodies, transfers functions and property in some cases, and sets reporting, delegation, and consultation rules for listed public bodies and Creative Scotland.

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  • Scotland

    Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

    7 provisions

    This Part gives everyone statutory access rights to land, but only when exercised responsibly, and it places duties on landowners and local authorities to manage those rights.

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  • Scotland

    Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025

    2 provisions

    This provision sets out how judicial factors are appointed, notified, supervised, and discharged, and it gives the Accountant of Court and Scottish Ministers related powers and duties.

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  • Scotland

    Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006

    2 provisions

    Members of the Scottish Parliament must register and declare certain financial interests, and they must not advocate for payment or benefits in kind. The Clerk must maintain and publish the register, and breaches can lead to exclusion and a summary fine.

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  • Scotland

    Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

    7 provisions

    This part sets up the Scottish Land Commission and requires Scottish Ministers to prepare, publish, review, and promote a land rights and responsibilities statement.

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  • Scotland

    Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016

    11 provisions

    This provision sets out when a debtor’s estate may be sequestrated, who may apply or petition, what must accompany an application or petition, and the key offences, penalties, and procedural powers tied to sequestration.

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  • Scotland

    Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014

    5 provisions

    This Part sets up Revenue Scotland, gives it tax administration powers, and requires confidentiality, record-keeping, reporting, and payment rules. It also creates a general anti-avoidance rule and penalties for unlawful disclosure and record-keeping failures.

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  • Scotland

    Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

    6 provisions

    This Part requires Scottish Ministers, local authorities, and community planning partnerships to consult, plan, publish, review, and report on national and local outcomes.

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  • Scotland

    Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

    6 provisions

    The Act lets Scottish Ministers set land-management obligations for large holdings, requires certain consultation and guidance, and creates reporting, investigation, fine, appeal, and transfer-restriction rules.

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  • Scotland

    Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020

    1 provisions

    This Act requires the Scottish Ministers to establish the Scottish National Investment Bank and sets core rules for its governance, missions, reporting, funding, and director appointments.

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  • Scotland

    Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005

    3 provisions

    This Part bans smoking in no-smoking premises and in the no-smoking area outside a hospital building, requires certain no-smoking notices to be displayed, and lets Scottish Ministers make detailed regulations.

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