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247 .F1—[F2(1) Any member of a company and any holder of a company's debentures is entitled to be furnished, on demand and without charge,[F3 with a copy of—
(a)the company's last annual accounts,
(b)the last directors' report,
(ba)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)(in the case of a quoted company) the last directors' remuneration report, and
[F5(d)the auditors' report on those accounts and that directors' report and (in the case of a quoted company) on F6. . . the auditable part of that directors' remuneration report.]]
(2) The entitlement under this Article is to a single copy of those documents, but that is in addition to any copy to which a person may be entitled under Article 246.
[F7(2A) Any obligation by virtue of paragraph (1) to furnish a person with a document may be complied with by using electronic communications for sending that document to such address as may for the time being be notified to the company by that person for that purpose.
(2B) A company may, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in its articles, take advantage of paragraph (2A).]
(3) If a demand under this Article is not complied with within 7 days, the company and every officer of it who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
(4) If in proceedings for such an offence the issue arises whether a person had already been furnished with a copy of the relevant document under this Article, it is for the defendant to prove that he had.]
F1mod. SR 1994/133
F2Art. 247 repealed (20.1.2007 for art. 247(2A)(2B) and otherwise prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/3428, art. 7(b), Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)
F3SR 2005/56
F4Art. 247(1)(ba) omitted (31.3.2006) by virtue of Companies (1986 Order) (Operating and Financial Review) (Repeal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/94), reg. 2(2), Sch. para. 6(a)
F5SR 2005/61
F6Words in art. 247(1)(d) omitted (31.3.2006) by virtue of Companies (1986 Order) (Operating and Financial Review) (Repeal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/94), reg. 2(2), Sch. para. 6(b)
F7SR 2003/3
F8Order repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual Articles (with savings (with adaptations) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement Nos. 3 and 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/674), arts. 2(3), {4}, Sch. 2) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 paras. 135, 147, 148 {Sch. 2 Note 1} (with arts. 6, 11, 12) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by S.R. 2008/133, {regs. 2, 3}
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