Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law Draft Bill-there is no requirement for a Draft Bill,but the current Government announced its intention to publish more Draft Bills to encourage more pre-legislative scrutiny of proposals.Draft Bills before Parliament are listed on the UK Parliament website.Available from: www.parliament.uk/bills/draftbills.cfm [Accessed 25 April 2008] Bill-passes through both Houses of Parliament.The House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin lists at what stage are the Bills currently before the House.The full text of Bills can be found from the Parliamentary Information Management Service Bill index.Bills become Acts once they have passed all stages within both Houses of Parliament and receive Royal Assent.Act-legislation is published(mostly in print first,but occasionally electronically)in batches depending upon the parliamentary timetable. Available from:http://bills.ais.co.uk/AC.asp#top [Accessed 25 April 2008] Forthcoming company law legislation or regulation Since the CA 06 was such a comprehensive act,there is unlikely to be another Companies Act for a good many years.The Government has promised a 'stable platform'at least in respect to reporting requirements.However,there will be a sequence of regulations to introduce various provisions of CA 06,according to the implementation timetable above.This Topic Gateway will be periodically updated but may lag behind developments.We recommend that users monitor the BERR Companies Act 2006 web pages. The full text of all Bills currently before the UK Parliament can be found on the UK Parliament website.Available from:http://services.parliament.uk/bills/ [Accessed 25 April 20081 9Topic Gateway Series UK Company Law 9 • Draft Bill – there is no requirement for a Draft Bill, but the current Government announced its intention to publish more Draft Bills to encourage more pre-legislative scrutiny of proposals. Draft Bills before Parliament are listed on the UK Parliament website. Available from: www.parliament.uk/bills/draftbills.cfm [Accessed 25 April 2008] • Bill – passes through both Houses of Parliament. The House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin lists at what stage are the Bills currently before the House. The full text of Bills can be found from the Parliamentary Information Management Service Bill index. Bills become Acts once they have passed all stages within both Houses of Parliament and receive Royal Assent.Act – legislation is published (mostly in print first, but occasionally electronically) in batches depending upon the parliamentary timetable. Available from: http://bills.ais.co.uk/AC.asp#top [Accessed 25 April 2008] Forthcoming company law legislation or regulation Since the CA 06 was such a comprehensive act, there is unlikely to be another Companies Act for a good many years. The Government has promised a ‘stable platform’ at least in respect to reporting requirements. However, there will be a sequence of regulations to introduce various provisions of CA 06, according to the implementation timetable above. This Topic Gateway will be periodically updated but may lag behind developments. We recommend that users monitor the BERR Companies Act 2006 web pages. The full text of all Bills currently before the UK Parliament can be found on the UK Parliament website. Available from: http://services.parliament.uk/bills/ [Accessed 25 April 2008]