C6C5Part 10A company's directors
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Chapter 2General duties of directors
The general duties
I1C4C7C9174C1C2C3Duty to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence
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A director of a company must exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence.
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This means the care, skill and diligence that would be exercised by a reasonably diligent person with—
a
the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the functions carried out by the director in relation to the company, and
b
the general knowledge, skill and experience that the director has.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))