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title: "The Companies Act 2006 (Interconnection of Registers) Order 2014"
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# The Companies Act 2006 (Interconnection of Registers) Order 2014

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2014 No. 1557
Companies
The Companies Act 2006 (Interconnection of Registers) Order 2014
Made
11th June 2014
Laid before Parliament
16th June 2014
Coming into force
7th July 2014
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the creation, operation, regulation or dissolution of companies and other forms of business organisation.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Order.
This Order makes provision for a purpose mentioned in the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as a reference to those provisions as amended from time to time.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#article-1}

This Order may be cited as the Companies Act 2006 (Interconnection of Registers) Order 2014 and comes into force on 7th July 2014.

## 2 Amendment of the Companies Act 2006 {#article-2}

Part 35 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Registrar of Companies) is amended as follows.

## 3 Amendment of the Companies Act 2006 {#article-3}

In section 1059A(3) (scheme of Part 35: provisions applicable to companies), for “1079 (public notice of receipt of certain documents)” substitute “1079A (public notice of certain information)”.

## 4 Amendment of the Companies Act 2006 {#article-4}

In section 1078(1) (documents subject to Directive disclosure requirements), for “the First Company Law Directive (68/151/EEC)” substitute “Directive 2009/101/EC”.

## 5 Amendment of the Companies Act 2006 {#article-5}

After section 1079, insert—
Provision of information for publication on European e-Justice portal
1079A (1) The registrar must provide the information required by Article 3a(1) of Directive 2009/101/EC for publication on the European e-Justice portal in accordance with the portal’s rules and technical requirements.
(2) In this section, “the European e-Justice portal” means the single European electronic access point for legal information, judicial and administrative institutions, registers, databases and other services referred to in Directive 2009/101/EC.
(3) The references in this section to Directive 2009/101/EC and Article 3a of that Directive are to that Directive, and that provision, as amended from time to time.