Companies Act 1948

The Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.

Companies Act 1948^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Companies Act, 1929, the Companies Act, 1947 (other than the provisions thereof relating to the registration of business names, bankruptcy and the prevention of fraud in connection with unit trusts), and certain other enactments amending the first-mentioned Act.
Citation	11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland [b]
Dates
Royal assent	30 June 1948
Commencement	1 July 1948[c]
Repealed	1 July 1985
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Companies Act 1929
Amended by	Companies Act 1985
Repealed by	Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Repeal

The whole act was repealed by sections 28, 29 and 31(9) of, and schedule 1 to, the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985.

Cases decided under this Act

• Bushell v Faith [1970] AC 1099
• Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd v Meyer
• Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory [1980] Ch 576

See also

• Companies Act

Notes

1. Section 462(1).
2. Section 461.
3. Section 462(2). The date is that on which the Companies Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47) came into force, and it was expressly provided that this Act would come into force immediately after those provisions came into force.