[F1239 Rights to demand copies of accounts and reports. E+W+S
(1)Any member of a company and any holder of a company’s debentures is entitled to be furnished, on demand and without charge, with a copy of the company’s last annual accounts and director’s report and a copy of the auditor’s report on those accounts.
(2)The entitlement under this section is to a single copy of those documents, but that is in addition to any copy to which a person may be entitled under section 238.
(3)If a demand under this section is not complied with within seven days, the company and every officer of it who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
(4)If in proceedings for such an offence the issue arises whether a person had already been furnished with a copy of the relevant document under this section, it is for the defendant to prove that he had.]
Textual Amendments
F1New ss. 238–240 inserted (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6–9, Sch. 2, by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 1, 10, 213(2) as part of the text inserted in place of ss. 221–262 (as mentioned in s. 1(a) of the 1989 Act)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 239 amended by S.I. 1990/2570, regs. 8(2)(a), 9(2)(a)