74.—(1) The information contained in a document delivered to the Authority under any provision of these Regulations may be recorded and kept by it in any form it thinks fit, provided that it is possible to inspect the information and produce a copy of it F1....
[F2(2) The originals of documents delivered to the Authority under any provision of these Regulations in hard copy form must be kept for three years after they are received by the Authority, after which they may be destroyed provided the information contained in them has been recorded in the register.
(2A) The Authority is under no obligation to keep the originals of documents delivered in electronic form, provided the information contained in them has been recorded in the register.]
(3) Where a company has been dissolved, the Authority may, at any time after the expiration of two years from the date of the dissolution, direct that any records in its custody relating to the company may be removed to the Public Record Office; and records in respect of which such a direction is given must be disposed of in accordance with the enactments relating to that Office and the rules made under them.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not extend to Scotland.
[F3(5) Paragraphs (2) and (2A) apply to documents held by the Authority when this paragraph comes into force as well as to documents subsequently received.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 74(1) omitted (12.5.2011) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(a) (with Sch. 3)
F2Reg. 74(2)(2A) substituted for reg. 74(2) (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(b) (with Sch. 3)
F3Reg. 74(5) inserted (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(c) (with Sch. 3)