Second phase for Companies Ordinance consultation launched

You only have till December 14.

According to a release, the Financial Services & the Treasury Bureau has launched the second phase of a public consultation on subsidiary legislation for the implementation of the new Companies Ordinance.

These regulations and rules will set out the administrative, technical and procedural matters required for the implementation of the new ordinance.

They include the Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulation; the Companies (Revision of Financial Statements & Reports) Regulation; the Companies (Disclosure of Information about Benefits of Directors) Regulation; the Companies (Residential Addresses & Identification Numbers) Regulation; and, the Companies (Unfair Prejudice Proceedings) Rules.

Views should be sent by mail to the Financial Services & the Treasury Bureau/Companies Registry, 15/F Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; by fax to 2869 4159; or by email by December 14.