Roles and Responsibilities of Voluntary Management Committee Members - Board of Directors, Company Limited by Guarantee

Detailed information on Company Law, the roles and responsibilities of company directors and company secretaries, and on the restrictions that prevent anyone becoming a director, is available from the Companies House website www.companies-house.org.uk.

There is some information on how the Companies Act 2006 available on the website of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) - http://www.scvo.org.uk/scvo/Information/TopInformation.aspx

Further information on the Companies Act 2006 is available from the website of the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) at http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/businesslaw/co-act-2006/

Another website with useful updates on Company Law is that of Sandy Adirondack http://www.sandy-a.co.uk/managing.htm (who is one of the authors of "The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook" published by the Directory of Social Change - www.dsc.org.uk)

If your organisation or group is working or based in Midlothian (or intends to do so), please contact the staff at Midlothian Voluntary Action if you require assistance or information - see Contact MVA.

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