Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law Other legislation:investor matters The Companies(Inspection and Copying of Registers,Indices and Documents) Regulations 1991(Statutory Instrument 1991 No.1998)Act contains requirements for inspection and provision of copies of statutory registers.It has not been amended by CA 06.Available from: www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19911998_en_1.htm [Accessed 25 April 2008] The Companies(Registers and other Records)Regulations 1985(Statutory Instrument 1985 No.724)contains requirements for keeping statutory registers, including retention in electronic form.It has not been amended by CA 06. Other legislation The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act gained the Royal Assent in July 2007,and the majority of it came into force on 6 April 2008.It aims to better hold to account senior management of companies and other organisations where their failings have fatal consequences.It complements, rather than replaces,health and safety legislation and can be found at: www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070019_en_1 [Accessed 25 April 2008] The Act applies to corporations operating in the UK(including charities and voluntary organisations where they are bodies corporate),government departments as listed in the Act,partnerships and trade associations.Individuals cannot be prosecuted under the new Act as the statutory offence of'corporate manslaughter'('corporate homicide'in Scotland)only applies to organisations. However,as now,directors and senior managers can be prosecuted under common law for 'gross negligence manslaughter'or under section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. In conjunction with the Institute of Directors,the Health and Safety Executive has published guidance 'Leadership Actions for Directors and Board Members'which is available at:www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg417.pdf [Accessed 25 April 2008] 1Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law 7 Other legislation: investor matters The Companies (Inspection and Copying of Registers, Indices and Documents) Regulations 1991 (Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1998) Act contains requirements for inspection and provision of copies of statutory registers. It has not been amended by CA 06. Available from: www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19911998_en_1.htm [Accessed 25 April 2008] The Companies (Registers and other Records) Regulations 1985 (Statutory Instrument 1985 No. 724) contains requirements for keeping statutory registers, including retention in electronic form. It has not been amended by CA 06. Other legislation The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act gained the Royal Assent in July 2007, and the majority of it came into force on 6 April 2008. It aims to better hold to account senior management of companies and other organisations where their failings have fatal consequences. It complements, rather than replaces, health and safety legislation and can be found at: www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070019_en_1 [Accessed 25 April 2008] The Act applies to corporations operating in the UK (including charities and voluntary organisations where they are bodies corporate), government departments as listed in the Act, partnerships and trade associations. Individuals cannot be prosecuted under the new Act as the statutory offence of ‘corporate manslaughter’ (‘corporate homicide’ in Scotland) only applies to organisations. However, as now, directors and senior managers can be prosecuted under common law for ‘gross negligence manslaughter’ or under section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. In conjunction with the Institute of Directors, the Health and Safety Executive has published guidance ‘Leadership Actions for Directors and Board Members’ which is available at: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg417.pdf [Accessed 25 April 2008]