Companies Act 2014 section 9

Act structured to facilitate its use in relation to most common type of company

Section 9 explains how the Companies Act 2014 is structured, with the most common company type — the private company limited by shares — as the central reference point, and how the Act's Parts and Schedules are organised for different company types.

• All law relating to private companies limited by shares (the most common company type) is contained in Parts 1 to 14 and Schedules 1 to 6 of the Act.
• Law relating to other company types is found in Parts 16 to 25 and Schedules 7 to 18, supplemented by Parts 1 to 14 as applied or adapted by those later Parts.
• Part 15, which covers the functions of the Registrar and regulatory and advisory bodies, applies to all company types and also to certain qualifying partnerships under the EU (Qualifying Partnerships: Accounting and Auditing) Regulations 2019.
• Certain exceptional provisions affecting private companies limited by shares — such as re-registration between company types or mergers with public limited companies — may be found in Parts 16 to 26 rather than in Parts 1 to 14.

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