(1)The company’s memorandum and articles (if any) shall be delivered—
(a)to the registrar of companies for England and Wales, if the memorandum states that the registered office of the company is to be situated in England and Wales, or that it is to be situated in Wales; and
(b)to the registrar of companies for Scotland, if the memorandum states that the registered office of the company is to be situated in Scotland.
(2)With the memorandum there shall be delivered a statement in the prescribed form containing the names and requisite particulars of—
(a)the person who is, or the persons who are, to be the first director or directors of the company; and
(b)the person who is, or the persons who are, to be the first secretary or joint secretaries of the company;
and the requisite particulars in each case are those set out in Schedule 1.
(3)The statement shall be signed by or on behalf of the subscribers of the memorandum and shall contain a consent signed by each of the persons named in it as a director, as secretary or as one of joint secretaries, to act in the relevant capacity.
(4)Where a memorandum is delivered by a person as agent for the subscribers, the statement shall specify that fact and the person’s name and address.
(5)An appointment by any articles delivered with the memorandum of a person as director or secretary of the company is void unless he is named as a director or secretary in the statement.
(6)There shall in the statement be specified the intended situation of the company’s registered office on incorporation.