Provisions were commenced on Royal Assent:

• the Part of the Act about-
  • transparency obligations (under the EU Transparency Obligations Directive) (except for a new definition of "regulated market" in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000)
  • corporate governance
  • liability for stock exchange statements
  • financial services enforcement where the issuer's home state is elsewhere in the EU

• the extension of section 16 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (which provides for grants to bodies concerned with accounting standards, such as the Financial Reporting Council) to cover grants to bodies concerned with actuarial standards

• the amendment of section 16 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 in its application in Scotland, and the extension of sections 16 and 18 of that Act to Northern Ireland

• the general provisions in the Act about regulations and orders, consequential and transitional provisions, continuity of law between existing law and the new Act and the territorial extent and coming into force of the new Act.