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(1)For the purposes of section 324—
(a)an interest of the wife or husband [F2or civil partner] of a director of a company (not being herself or himself a director of it) in shares or debentures is to be treated as the director’s interest; and
(b)the same applies to an interest of an infant son or infant daughter of a director of a company (not being himself or herself a director of it) in shares or debentures.
(2)For those purposes—
(a)a contract, assignment or right of subscription entered into, exercised or made by, or a grant made to, the wife or husband [F2or civil partner] of a director of a company (not being herself or himself a director of it) is to be treated as having been entered into, exercised or made by, or (as the case may be) as having been made to, the director; and
(b)the same applies to a contract, assignment or right of subscription entered into, exercised or made by, or grant made to, an infant son or infant daughter of a director of a company (not being himself or herself a director of it).
(3)A director of a company is under obligation to notify the company in writing of the occurrence while he or she is a director, of either of the following events, namely—
(a)the grant by the company to his (her) spouse [F3or civil partner] , or to his or her infant son or infant daughter, of a right to subscribe for shares in, or debentures of, the company; and
(b)the exercise by his (her) spouse [F4or civil partner] or by his or her infant son or infant daughter of such a right granted by the company to the wife, husband, [F5civil partner,] son or daughter.
(4)In a notice given to the company under subsection (3) there shall be stated—
(a)in the case of the grant of a right, the like information as is required by section 324 to be stated by the director on the grant to him by another body corporate of a right to subscribe for shares in, or debentures of, that other body corporate; and
(b)in the case of the exercise of a right, the like information as is required by that section to be stated by the director on the exercise of a right granted to him by another body corporate to subscribe for shares in, or debentures of, that other body corporate.
(5)An obligation imposed by subsection (3) on a director must be fulfilled by him before the end of 5 days beginning with the day following that on which the occurrence of the event giving rise to it comes to his knowledge; but in reckoning that period of days there is disregarded any Saturday or Sunday, and any day which is a bank holiday in any part of Great Britain.
(6)A person who—
(a)fails to fulfil, within the proper period, an obligation to which he is subject under subsection (3), or
(b)in purported fulfilment of such an obligation, makes to a company a statement which he knows to be false, or recklessly makes to a company a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.
(7)The rules set out in Part I of Schedule 13 have effect for the interpretation of, and otherwise in relation to, subsections (1) and (2); and subsections (5), (6) and (8) of section 324 apply with any requisite modification.
(8)In this section, “son” includes step-son, “daughter” includes step-daughter, and “infant” means, in relation to Scotland, [F6 person under the age of 18 years].
(9)For purposes of section 325, an obligation imposed on a director by this section is to be treated as if imposed by section 324.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 328 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 101(4); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F2Words in s. 328(1)(a)(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 101(2); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F3Words in s. 328(3)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 101(3)(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F4Words in s. 328(3)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 101(3)(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F5Words in s. 328(3)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 101(3)(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F6Words in s. 328(8) substituted (S.) (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10(1), 11(2), Sch. 1 para.39 (with s. 1(3))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 328 excluded (12.2.1992) by S.I. 1992/225, reg. 23(1)(b).
S. 328 modified (12.2.1992) by S.I. 1992/225, reg. 121, Sch. 8 para. 1(b).
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