(1) The following provisions have effect in relation to any amendment made by this Order.

(2) Any reference to the Companies Act 2006, the provisions of that Act or any particular provision of that Act includes any provision made under that Act or, as the case may be, the provision referred to.

(3) Any provision of the Companies Act 2006 referred to in the amendment has effect for the purposes of the amendment although not yet brought into force generally.

(4) Where by virtue of any transitional provision a provision of the Companies Act 2006 has effect only -

(a) on or after a specified date, or

(b) in relation to matters occurring or arising on or after a specified date,

any amendment substituting or inserting a reference to that provision has effect correspondingly.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (4), the provisions of paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 to the Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 [S.I. 2007/3495 (C. 150).] apply in any case where the effect of an amendment made by this Order is that the lawfulness of a distribution depends on Part 23 of the Companies Act 2006, or any provision of that Part, applying in relation to accounts for financial years beginning before 6th April 2008.