The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 come into force on 1st October 2009 -

(a) in Part 1 (general introductory provisions) -

section 1 (companies);

sections 3 to 6 (types of company);

(b) Part 2 (sections 7 to 16) (company formation);

(c) in Part 3 (a company's constitution) -

section 17 (a company's constitution);

sections 18 to 21, 22(1), (3) and (4) and 23 to 28 (articles of association);

sections 31 to 38 (other provisions relating to a company's constitution);

(d) in Part 4 (a company's capacity and related matters) -

sections 39 to 42 (capacity of company and power of directors to bind it);

sections 43 and 45 to 47 (formalities of doing business under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland);

section 48 (formalities of doing business under the law of Scotland);

sections 49 to 52 (other matters);