Territorial Extent and Devolution Chapter 1: Appointment and Removal of Directors Section 158: Power to provide for exceptions from minimum age requirement
285.This section is a new provision. It provides for an exception from the prohibition in section 157 on anyone under 16 being appointed a director of a company. It provides a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations specifying circumstances in which a younger person may be a director. The regulations may differ for different parts of the UK.