Offences made under the Companies Act 1989

4 statutory instruments made under this Act create 39 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (repealed) 1990 · 20 offences
• The Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 1990 · 12 offences
• The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade… 2013 · 6 offences
• The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (Commencement) and Companies Act 1989… 2004 · 1 offence