Companies Act 1985

9 (1) If by virtue of the law in force in any country or territory to which this paragraph applies companies incorporated under that law have power to keep in Great Britain branch registers of their members resident in Great Britain, Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that—

(a) so much of section 353 as requires a company’s register of members to be kept at its registered office,

(b) section 356 (register to be open to inspection by members), and

(c) section 359 (power of court to rectify),

shall, subject to any modifications and adaptations specified in the Order, apply to and in relation to any such branch registers kept in Great Britain as they apply to and in relation to the registers of companies subject to those sections.

(2) The countries and territories to which this paragraph applies are—

(a) all those specified in Part I of this Schedule, plus the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man,

(b) Botswana, Zambia and Tonga, and

(c) any territory for the time being under Her Majesty’s protection or administered by the Government of the United Kingdom under the Trusteeship System of the United Nations.