1081Annotation of the registerU.K.
(1)The registrar must place a note in the register recording—
(a)the date on which a document is delivered to the registrar;
(b)if a document is corrected under section 1075, the nature and date of the correction;
(c)if a document is replaced (whether or not material derived from it is removed), the fact that it has been replaced and the date of delivery of the replacement;
(d)if material is removed—
(i)what was removed (giving a general description of its contents),
(ii)under what power, and
(iii)the date on which that was done.
[F1(e)if a document is rectified under section 859M, the nature and date of rectification;
(f)if a document is replaced under section 859N, the fact that it has been replaced and the date of delivery of the replacement.]
[F2(1A)If the registrar registers a document delivered by a company under section 128E that, by virtue of subsection (3)(a), (b) or (c) of that section, does not specify the relevant date, the registrar must place a note in the register recording as that date the date on which the document was registered by the registrar.]
(2)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations—
(a)authorising or requiring the registrar to annotate the register in such other circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, and
(b)as to the contents of any such annotation.
(3)No annotation is required in the case of a document that by virtue of section 1072(2) (documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery) is treated as not having been delivered.
(4)A note may be removed if it no longer serves any useful purpose.
(5)Any duty or power of the registrar with respect to annotation of the register is subject to the court's power under section 1097 (powers of court on ordering removal of material from the register) to direct—
(a)that a note be removed from the register, or
(b)that no note shall be made of the removal of material that is the subject of the court's order.
(6)Notes placed in the register in accordance with subsection (1)[F3or (1A)], or in pursuance of regulations under subsection (2), are part of the register for all purposes of the Companies Acts.
(7)Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1081(1)(e)(f) inserted (6.4.2013) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/600), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(4) (with reg. 6)
F2S. 1081(1A) inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 5 para. 31(2); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(c)
F3Words in s. 1081(6) inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 5 para. 31(3); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1081 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 4(1)(a)} (with transitional provisions in Sch. 1 para. 2)
C2S. 1081 applied (with modifications) (9.7.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 64 (with reg. 60, Sch. 1 paras. 29, 34, 35) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/618, reg. 3 (with reg. 8(4)); and (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2024/54, regs. 1(2)(a), 14; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2)
C3S. 1081 modified by The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), reg. 13(1B), Sch. 1A para. 1 (as inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), reg. {37})
Commencement Information
I1S. 1081 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1081 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1081 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1081 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(r) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)