68.These modifications apply to Schedule 1. They all make provision for the fact that there are to be no subscribers to CDC's memorandum of association. Under Part I of the Companies Act 1985, a necessary step in the formation of a new company is for the persons wishing to set up a new company to subscribe their names to a memorandum of association which will become one of the constitutional documents of the company. The subscribers become the first members of a newly formed company. They are required, in addition, to sign the articles of association and the statement containing the names and particulars of the company's future directors and secretaries. It is not necessary or appropriate for CDC to have subscribers since it is not being formed as a new company: it already exists as a statutory corporation. Consequently the Companies Act 1985 will have effect with the modifications necessary to reflect the fact that there will be no subscribers.
Schedule 2: Modification of Companies Act 1985, etc. Part I: Modifications before registration