Companies Act 1985

Section 10.

SCHEDULE 1Particulars of Directors etc to be Contained in Statement Under Section 10

Directors

1—Subject as provided below, the statement under section 10(2) shall contain the following particulars with respect to each person named as director—

(a)in the case of an individual, his present Christian name and surname, any former Christian name or surname, his usual residential address, his nationality, his business occupation (if any), particulars of any other directorships held by him, or which have been held by him and, in the case of a company subject to section 293, the date of his birth ;

(b)in the case of a corporation, its corporate name and registered or principal office.

2(1)It is not necessary for the statement to contain particulars of a directorship—

(a)which has not been held by a director at any time during the 5 years preceding the date on which the statement is delivered to the registrar,

(b)which is held by a director in a company which—

(i)is dormant or grouped with the company delivering the statement, and

(ii)if he also held that directorship for any period during those 5 years, was for the whole of that period either dormant or so grouped,

(c)which was held by a director for any period during those 5 years in a company which for the whole of that period was either dormant or grouped with the company delivering the statement.

(2)For these purposes, " company " includes any body corporate incorporated in Great Britain ; and—

(a)section 252(5) applies as regards whether and when a company is or has been " dormant ", and

(b)a company is treated as being or having been at any time grouped with another company if at that time it is or was a company of which that other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary, or if it is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the other or of another company of which that other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Secretaries

3(1)The statement shall contain the following particulars with respect to the person named as secretary or, where there are to be joint secretaries, with respect to each person named as one of them—

(a)in the case of an individual, his present Christian name and surname, any former Christian name or surname and his usual residential address,

(b)in the case of a corporation or a Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name and registered or principal office.

(2)However, if all the partners in a firm are joint secretaries, the name and principal office of the firm may be stated instead of the particulars otherwise required by this paragraph.

Interpretation

4In paragraphs 1 and 3 above—

(a)" Christian name " includes a forename,

(b)" surname", in the case of a peer or a person usually known by a title different from his surname, means that tide,

(c)the reference to a former Christian name or surname does not include—

(i)in the case of a peer or a person usually known by a British tide different from his surname, the name by which he was known previous to the adoption of or succession to the tide, or

(ii)in the case of any person, a former Christian name or surname where that name or surname was changed or disused before the person bearing the name attained the age of 18 or has been changed or disused for a period of not less than 20 years, or

(iii)in the case of a married woman, the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.