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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

    Industrial Common Ownership Act 1976

    1 provisions

    This Act defines when a body counts as a common ownership enterprise or a co-operative enterprise, and gives the registrar and the Secretary of State powers to issue, charge for, and revoke certificates.

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  • United Kingdom

    Dockyard Services Act 1986

    1 provisions

    The Act lets the Secretary of State arrange for companies to provide designated dockyard services, and it sets consultation, information-sharing, and transfer-related rules for affected employees.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2004

    38 provisions

    This provision makes many finance and tax changes, including fuel duty rules, VAT group rules, licensing fees, and corporation tax rates.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 2) Act 2005

    4 provisions

    This Act makes a range of tax and VAT amendments, including new VAT credit/repayment rules, Treasury regulation powers, and income tax treatment for certain social security pension lump sums.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2008

    18 provisions

    This provision sets and changes many UK tax and duty rates, gives the Treasury and HMRC powers to make regulations and schemes, and applies several time-based tax rules and exceptions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Highways Act 1980

    25 provisions

    This provision allocates highway authority roles for trunk roads, special roads, GLA roads, and local highways, and sets rules for road orders, delegations, agreements, and records.

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  • United Kingdom

    Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991

    1 provisions

    The Act lets the Secretary of State designate certain nuclear-related activities and premises, make transfer arrangements with a company, and issue related orders and exemptions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Pension Schemes Act 2026

    7 provisions

    The Act lets scheme regulations control local government pension scheme asset pooling, governance reviews, and value-for-money rules, and it also sets small-pot transfer rules and limits on certain surplus-payment penalties.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1997

    8 provisions

    This part of the Finance Act 1997 changes several duty and tax rates, adds/adjusts definitions for cider, gas oil, and related labels, and gives some authorities powers to make orders or regulations.

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  • United Kingdom

    Haberdashers' Aske's Charity Act 2016

    1 provisions

    This Act clarifies who controls the Aske Corporation, treats it as a charitable company for certain purposes, and says inconsistent Scheme provisions stop applying.

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  • United Kingdom

    Woodgrange Park Cemetery Act 1993

    1 provisions

    The Act frees the scheduled cemetery land from burial-related restrictions, but only if the developer sets aside £900,000 and follows detailed notice, removal, compensation, and record-keeping rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1988

    3 provisions

    This Act amends many tax and customs rules, including excise duty rates, VAT registration rules, and certain customs enforcement powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Financial Services Act 1986 (repealed)

    16 provisions

    This part defines key terms in the Act, gives the Secretary of State powers over recognition and authorisation, and prohibits carrying on investment business in the UK unless authorised or exempt.

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  • United Kingdom

    Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1929 (repealed 1.1.1994)

    1 provisions

    Industrial assurance companies may issue certain assurance policies, but they cannot insure or pay death benefits above a reasonable amount for funeral expenses under specified policies. Policy owners who have paid at least one year’s premiums can, within one year, surrender the policy and choose a free paid-up policy

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  • United Kingdom

    Adelphi Estate Act 1991

    1 provisions

    This Act repeals specified earlier Acts, but only for the land edged red on the signed plan. It also defines “the signed plan.”

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