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Part 37U.K.Companies: supplementary provisions

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Company recordsU.K.

1137Regulations about inspection of records and provision of copiesU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the obligations of a company that is required by any provision of the Companies Acts—

(a)to keep available for inspection any company records, or

(b)to provide copies of any company records.

(2)A company that fails to comply with the regulations is treated as having refused inspection or, as the case may be, having failed to provide a copy.

(3)The regulations may—

(a)make provision as to the time, duration and manner of inspection, including the circumstances in which and extent to which the copying of information is permitted in the course of inspection, and

(b)define what may be required of the company as regards the nature, extent and manner of extracting or presenting any information for the purposes of inspection or the provision of copies.

(4)Where there is power to charge a fee, the regulations may make provision as to the amount of the fee and the basis of its calculation.

(5)Nothing in any provision of this Act or in the regulations shall be read as preventing a company—

(a)from affording more extensive facilities than are required by the regulations, or

(b)where a fee may be charged, from charging a lesser fee than that prescribed or none at all.

(6)Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

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Commencement Information

I1S. 1137 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1137 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1137 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. 1137(1)(4)(5)(b)(6) in force at 30.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2607, art. 2(1); s. 1137 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(t) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)