Companies Act 1985

380 Registration, etc. of resolutions and agreements. E+W+S

(1) A copy of every resolution or agreement to which this section applies shall, within 15 days after it is passed or made, be forwarded to the registrar of companies and recorded by him; and it must be either a printed copy or else a copy in some other form approved by the registrar.

(2) Where articles have been registered, a copy of [F1 every resolution or agreement to which Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Companies Act 2006 applies (resolutions and agreements affecting a company's constitution) and which is] for the time being in force shall be embodied in or annexed to every copy of the articles issued after the passing of the resolution or the making of the agreement.

(3) Where articles have not been registered, a printed copy of every such resolution or agreement shall be forwarded to any member at his request on payment of 5 pence or such less sum as the company may direct.

(4) This section applies to—

(a) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) extraordinary resolutions;

[F3 (bb) an elective resolution or a resolution revoking such a resolution;]

(c) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(k) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(l) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(m) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 (4ZA) This section does not, despite paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (4), apply to any resolution of a company which is—

(a) registered as a company in Scotland, and

(b) entered in the Scottish Charity Register,

where that resolution is of either of the types mentioned in section 56(5) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10).]

[F5 (4A) For the purposes of this section, references to a member of a company do not include the company itself where it is such a member by virtue only of its holding shares as treasury shares, and accordingly, in such circumstances, the company is not, for those purposes, to be treated as a member of any class of the company’s shareholders.]

(5) If a company fails to comply with subsection (1), the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

(6) If a company fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3), the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine.

(7) For purposes of subsections (5) and (6), a liquidator of a company is deemed an officer of it.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 380(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(9) (with art. 12)

F2 S. 380(4)(a)(c)-(m) repealed (1.10.2007) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1295, 1300, Sch. 16; S.I. 2007/2194, art. 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (with art. 12) (as substituted by S.I. 2007/2607, art. 4(2)(a))

F3 S. 380(4)(bb) inserted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 116(3), 213(2)

F4 S. 380(4ZA) inserted (S.) (1.4.2006) by Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10), ss. 104, 107(2), Sch. 4 para. 6; S.S.I. 2006/189, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 3(1)(2))

F5 S. 380(4A) inserted (1.12.2003) by The Companies (Acquisition of Own Shares)(Treasury Shares) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1116), reg. 4, {Sch. para. 25}

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 380 applied (E.W.) (1.9.1992) by Charities Act 1992 (c. 41), s. 5(2); S.I. 1992/1900, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.

S. 380 applied (E.W.) (1.8.1993) by 1993 c. 10, ss. 7(2), 99(1)

C2 S. 380(6) extended (12.2.1992) by S.I. 1992/225, regs. 77(2), 89(4).