The Companies (Striking Off) (Electronic Communications) Order 2014

Amendment to registrar’s power to strike off defunct company

2.—(1) The 2006 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1000 (power to strike off company not carrying on business or in operation)—

(a) in subsection (1) for “by post a letter” substitute “a communication”;

(b) in subsection (2) for “sending the letter” substitute “sending the communication” and for “by post a registered letter referring to the first letter” substitute “a second communication referring to the first communication”;

(c) in subsection (2)(b) for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(d) in subsection (3)(b) for “letter” substitute “communication”; and

(e) in subsection (3) in the closing words omit “by post”.

(3) In section 1002 (supplementary provisions as to service of letter or notice)—

(a) in the heading for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(b) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) If the registrar is not able to send a communication or notice under section 1000 or 1001 to a company in accordance with Schedule 4, the communication may be sent to an officer of the company at an address for that officer that has been notified to the registrar by the company.”;

(c) in subsection (2) for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(d) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) A notice to be sent to a liquidator under section 1001 may be sent to the address of the liquidator’s last known place of business or to an address specified by the liquidator to the registrar for the purpose of receiving notices, or notices of that kind.”; and

(e) after subsection (3) insert—

“(4) In this section “address” has the same meaning as in section 1148(1).”.