ANNEX A:: TRANSPOSITION NOTES Part 28: Takeovers, etc. – Directive on Takeovers Bids (2004/25/EC) The Takeovers Directive (Interim Implementation) Regulations 2006
1735.In view of the fact that the Takeovers Directive was required to be implemented by 20 May 2006, by which date the Act had not completed Parliamentary passage and received Royal Assent, interim implementation provisions were introduced under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (ECA 1972). These provisions are contained in The Takeovers Directive (Interim Implementation) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006 No.1183). A copy of those Regulations together with the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum, Regulatory Impact Assessment and Transposition Notes is available on the website of the Office of Public Sector Information (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm). The Regulations will be repealed and replaced on commencement of Part 28 of the Act.