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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

    Railways Act 1993

    18 provisions

    This provision sets railway regulatory duties, licensing and exemption powers, and an offence for operating a railway asset without a licence or exemption.

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  • United Kingdom

    Whitehaven Harbour Act 2007

    1 provisions

    The Act sets up an operative day, then transfers the Whitehaven companies’ property, obligations, and staff to the Commissioners and dissolves the companies.

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  • United Kingdom

    Sheffield Assay Office Act 1995

    1 provisions

    This Act expands the Sheffield Assay Office’s powers beyond assay work and amends how section 16 of the Hallmarking Act 1973 applies to it.

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  • United Kingdom

    Heathrow Express Railway (No. 2) Act 1991

    1 provisions

    This Act lets Heathrow Airport Limited compulsorily buy and use specified land for the authorised work, with related rules for notice, correction of records, compensation, and a stop date for the purchase powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Camps Act 1939

    1 provisions

    The Act lets the Minister recognise certain non-profit camp companies and make them Treasury-approved payments, and it requires yearly reports to the Minister and Parliament.

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  • United Kingdom

    Environmental Protection Act 1990

    22 provisions

    This Part sets up controls on prescribed processes that may pollute the environment, including authorisations, conditions, enforcement powers, and duties on regulators.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 2) Act 2023

    23 provisions

    This segment sets several tax rates and allowances, updates pension relief limits, and changes company tax relief rules and timings.

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  • United Kingdom

    Insurance (Fees) Act 1985 (repealed)

    1 provisions

    Companies and the Council of Lloyd’s must pay prescribed fees to the Secretary of State when specified documents or statements are deposited, and deposit is not treated as completed until the fee is paid in cases where a fee is prescribed.

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  • United Kingdom

    Capital Allowances Act 2001

    24 provisions

    This Act sets rules for capital allowances, including when claims must be made in a tax return and when extra information or separate identification is required.

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  • United Kingdom

    Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

    13 provisions

    This part sets rules for UK Green Investment Bank support, employment tribunal conciliation, ACAS confidentiality, tribunal penalties, protected disclosures, and the creation and powers of the CMA.

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  • United Kingdom

    Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

    60 provisions

    This segment sets out the FCA’s and PRA’s core roles and duties, including their objectives, consultation arrangements, supervision duties, and coordination with the Treasury and each other.

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  • United Kingdom

    Charities Act 2011

    12 provisions

    This provision defines charity and charitable purpose, sets out registration and public-benefit rules, and gives the Charity Commission powers and duties over guidance, the register, inquiries, and related name-change and registration matters.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1986

    8 provisions

    This segment changes several duty and stamp duty rules, and it creates notification duties and penalties for certain securities-related businesses and companies.

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  • United Kingdom

    Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020

    5 provisions

    The Act creates customs and excise charges for certain goods moving between Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the EU, and lets the Treasury and Commissioners make detailed regulations.

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  • United Kingdom

    Brighton Marine Palace and Pier 1991

    1 provisions

    The Company is authorised to carry out specified works to enlarge and extend the Brighton pier, and to do related construction and maintenance work within the Act’s limits.

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  • United Kingdom

    Transport (Scotland) Act 1989

    1 provisions

    The Secretary of State can create and change a disposal programme for the Scottish Transport Group, and the Group must carry it out and follow directions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Railways (Electrical Power) Act 1903

    1 provisions

    The Board of Trade may make orders to help railways introduce and use electrical power, but it must first be satisfied that notice was given and must consider objections before deciding.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1974

    4 provisions

    This provision sets rules for taxing development gains and losses on certain disposals of UK land interests, including share and settlement cases, and gives a short deadline to claim relief for development losses.

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