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Version Superseded: 01/10/2009

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F1652D Sections 652B and 652C: supplementary provisions.E+W+S

(1)For the purposes of sections 652B(6) and 652C(2), a document shall be treated as given to a person if it is delivered to him or left at his proper address or sent by post to him at that address.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) and section 7 of the Interpretation M1Act 1978 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that subsection, the proper address of any person shall be his last known address, except that—

(a)in the case of a body corporate, other than one to which subsection (3) applies, it shall be the address of its registered or principal office,

(b)in the case of a partnership, other than one to which subsection (3) applies, it shall be the address of its principal office, and

(c)in the case of a body corporate or partnership to which subsection (3) applies, it shall be the address of its principal office in the United Kingdom.

(3)This subsection applies to a body corporate or partnership which—

(a)is incorporated or formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)has a place of business in the United Kingdom.

(4)Where a creditor of the company has more than one place of business, subsection (1) shall have effect, so far as concerns the giving of a document to him, as if for the words from “delivered” to the end there were substituted “left, or sent by post to him, at each place of business of his with which the company has had dealings in relation to a matter by virtue of which he is a creditor of the company.”

(5)Any power to make an order or regulations under section 652B or 652C shall—

(a)include power to make different provision for different cases or classes of case,

(b)include power to make such transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and

(c)be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6)For the purposes of sections 652B and 652C, an application under section 652A is withdrawn if notice of withdrawal in the prescribed form is given to the registrar of companies.

(7)In sections 652B and 652C, “disposal” includes part disposal.

(8)In sections 652B and 652C and this section, “creditor” includes a contingent or prospective creditor.

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C1S. 652D applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I

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