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Company law in United Kingdom

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.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies Act 2006

    54 provisions

    This provision sets basic Companies Act definitions and incorporation rules, including required registration documents, articles, officer statements, and filing deadlines.

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  • United Kingdom

    Corporation Tax Act 2010

    51 provisions

    This Part sets out how a company’s corporation tax profits are worked out, including sterling conversion rules, rate rules, and some reliefs and claims.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908

    8 provisions

    This provision sets company formation and registration rules, requires certain filings and records, limits some names and landholding, and gives members inspection and copy rights for the register.

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  • United Kingdom

    Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

    48 provisions

    This provision sets the basic charge to capital gains tax, sets UK residence and UK-land based scope rules, and gives related loss, exemption, and rate rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2002

    8 provisions

    This provision changes several UK tax and duty rules, including biodiesel excise duty, betting and gaming duties, VAT invoicing rules, vehicle excise duty, and the corporation tax rate for 2003.

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  • United Kingdom

    Price’s Patent Candle Company Limited Act 1992

    1 provisions

    This Act gives the Company updated powers, changes some existing provisions, sets a £1,200,000 capital divided into £16 shares, and limits borrowing unless the Company in general meeting approves a larger amount.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies Act 1985

    22 provisions

    This provision mainly regulates company prospectuses, filing requirements, prospectus-related offences, and procedures for reducing share capital.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies Act 1948

    17 provisions

    This provision sets out how companies are formed, what the memorandum and articles must contain, how they may be altered, and several filing and prospectus requirements.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 2) Act 2017

    27 provisions

    This provision makes a wide set of tax amendments, including an income tax exemption for qualifying pensions advice, rules for termination awards, and several regulation-making powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Income Tax Act 2007

    49 provisions

    This Part explains how income tax is worked out, including tax years, rates, limits, and some Treasury powers to set or change amounts.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies Act 1976

    3 provisions

    Directors must prepare company accounts, lay them before the company, and file copies with the registrar, with extra translation rules and penalties for late or missing compliance.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1998

    14 provisions

    This part of the Act changes several tax rates and related rules, including beer duty, corporation tax, excise duty on certain oil mixtures, VAT timing rules, and vehicle excise registration provisions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2000

    24 provisions

    This part of the Finance Act 2000 changes various tax rates, definitions, penalties, and administration rules, including fuel duties, tobacco marking rules, vehicle excise duty, and corporation tax.

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  • United Kingdom

    Transas Group Act 2003

    1 provisions

    This Act sets out how the named companies can be transferred into Transas Limited, with notice, registrar, and tax-clearance steps.

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  • United Kingdom

    Henry Johnson, Sons & Co., Limited Act 1996

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Company be registered in France, then requires notice and documents to be sent to the registrar, after which the company is removed from the English register.

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  • United Kingdom

    Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed)

    10 provisions

    This part restricts insurance business in the UK unless authorised, sets out key exceptions, and imposes reporting and actuary requirements on covered insurance companies.

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  • United Kingdom

    Torquay Market Act 1991

    1 provisions

    This Act dissolves the statutory company, transfers its undertaking to Torquay Market Company Limited, requires advance notice, and repeals the earlier Torquay Market Acts.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 2) Act 2015

    10 provisions

    This provision caps several tax rates, sets a VAT lock period, raises some allowances, and changes inheritance tax residence-nil-rate rules and banking tax deductions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1992

    1 provisions

    This Act gives The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company additional powers, defines key terms, and repeals or amends selected earlier provisions.

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