Archives - Companies Act 71 of 2008

News on the Companies Act 2010

• Companies Amendment Bill (B40-2010) (216Kb PDF) 
• Draft Companies Act Regulations (36Kb PDF)
• Companies Act 2008 Draft Regulations - comment letter (55 Kb PDF)
• Companies Act Draft Regulations - final comments (1Mb PDF)
• Companies Act 2008 Rectification process - comment letter (50Kb PDF)
• Companies Act 2008 Rectification process - table (140KB PDF)
• Companies Act Draft Regulations (10Mb PDF)
• Companies Act Rectification Notice (476Kb PDF)

What you need to know:

• 28 January 2010 - Summary of regulations relating to audit and review
• 23 September 2009 - Memorandum of Incorporation
• 10 September 2009 - Initial consultation memo for workshop 27 July 2009
• 27 August 2009 - SAICA Submission to the dti regarding the Companies Act Regulations
• 13 August 2009 - Definition of a group
• 30 July 2009 - Protection for whistle-blowers
• 16 July 2009 - Retention of documents
• 2 July 2009 - New Companies Act requirements for the company secretary
• 18 June 2009 - New Companies Act identifies audit committee as statutory committee
• 22 May 2009 - Different types of companies to be formed
• 7 May 2009 - New company law showers employees with extra privileges

Accordingly SAICA will continue to use Communiqué and this webpage to highlight significant issues within the Act, and we have released a 2-hour DVD providing a high level overview of such. We would hope to commence with training initiatives during the, first quarter of 2011, dependant on progress with the Amendment Act and the Regulations.

• Northern Region Presentation by Ewald Müller, Senior Executive: Standards (420Kb Power Point)
• East Rand Information session - 11 February 2010 (200Kb PDF)
• Companies Act DRAFT Regulations Presentation (172Kb PDF)