1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (1986 Order) (Annual Return) and Companies (Principal Business Activities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and come into operation on 1st October 2008.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to annual returns made up to 1st October 2008 or a later date.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and
“the 1991 Regulations” means the Companies (Forms) (Amendment No. 2 and Company’s Type and Principal Business Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(1).
S.R. 1991 No. 399, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 4