Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 692
COMPANIES
The Reporting Standards (Specified Body) Order 2005
Made
11th March 2005
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2005
Coming into force
6th April 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 257(4A)(a) and (4B) of the Companies Act 1985( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Reporting Standards (Specified Body) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.
Specified Body
2. The body known as the Accounting Standards Board established under the articles of association of The Accounting Standards Board Limited( 2 ) is hereby specified for the purposes of the issuing of standards under regulations made under section 257(4A) of the Companies Act 1985
Jacqui Smith
Minister for Industry and the Regions and Deputy Minister for Women and Equality,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th March 2005
1985 c. 6 ; section 257 was substituted by section 20 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40) , and subsections (4A) and (4B) were inserted by section 13 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27) .
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