The Companies Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3229) are the basis for a company constitution under UK company law, unless modified by the Articles

Articles of Association (law)

The term articles of association of a company, or articles of incorporation, of an American or Canadian Company, are often simply referred to as articles . The Articles are a requirement for the establishment of a company under the law of India, the United Kingdom and many other countries...

 of a specific company. The new Model Articles came into force on 1 October 2009 and update the old Companies Act 1985

Companies Act 1985

The Companies Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, enacted in 1985, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries.The Act was a consolidation of...

 Table A

Table A

Table A in UK company law is the old name for to the Model Articles or default form of articles of association for companies limited by shares incorporated either in England and Wales or in Scotland before 1 October 2009 where the incorporators do not explicitly choose to use a modified form...

Articles.

Private companies

Schedule 1 contains the model articles for companies limited by shares. Schedule 2 contains model articles for companies limited by guarantee (which are usually non-profit).

Public companies

Schedule 3 contains a more comprehensive set of provisions exist for the model public company articles, reflecting the generally more complex nature of a public company, and extra requirements such as provisions on accounts and the company secretary.

External links

• The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008/3229