The Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Abolition of doctrine of deemed notice

76.—(1) In Part XXIV of the Companies Order (the registrar of companies, his functions and office), after Article 660 insert—

“Exclusion of deemed notice

660A.— (1) A person shall not be taken to have notice of any matter merely because of its being disclosed in any document kept by the registrar (and thus available for inspection) or made available by the company for inspection.

(2) This does not affect the question whether a person is affected by notice of any matter by reason of a failure to make such inquiries as ought reasonably to be made.

(3) In this Article “document” includes any material which contains information.

(4) Nothing in this Article affects the operation of Article 417F (under which a person taking a charge over a company’s property is deemed to have notice of matters disclosed on the companies charges register).”.

(2) In Schedule 21 to the Companies Order (unregistered companies), in the entry for Part XXIV at the appropriate place insert—

“Article 660A

Abolition of doctrine of deemed notice.

Subject to Article 667(3).”.