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(1)A company must give notice to the registrar if a person—
(a)becomes a director of the company, or
(b)ceases to be a director of the company.
(2)The notice must specify the date on which the person became or ceased to be a director of the company.
(3)A notice under subsection (1)(a) of a person having become a director must contain—
(a)a statement of the required information about the new director (see sections 167J and 167K);
(b)a statement by the company that the person has consented to act in that capacity;
(c)if the person is an individual, a statement that their identity is verified (see section 1110A);
(d)a statement that the person is not—
(i)disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation (see section 159A(2)), or
(ii)otherwise ineligible by virtue of any enactment for appointment as a director;
(e)if the person would be disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation but for the permission of a court to act, a statement to that effect specifying—
(i)the court by which permission was given, and
(ii)the date on which permission was given.
(f)if the person would be disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation by virtue of section 11A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 or Article 15A of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (designated persons under sanctions legislation) but for the authority of a licence of the kind mentioned in that section or Article, a statement to that effect specifying—
(i)the date on which the licence was issued, and
(ii)by whom it was issued.
(4)In subsection (3)(e) “permission of a court to act” means permission of a court under a provision mentioned in column 2 of the table in section 159A(2).
(5)Subsection (1)(a) does not require a company, on its incorporation, to give notice in relation to a person named as a proposed director in the statement under section 12.
(6)A notice under this section must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the person becomes or ceases to be a director.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 167G-167L and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of ss.167H, 167J, 167K for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)
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