686 Other requirements for registration.E+W+S
(1)Before the registration in pursuance of this Chapter of any company (not being a joint stock company), there shall be delivered to the registrar of companies—
(a)a statement in the prescribed form specifying the name with which the company is proposed to be registered,
[F1(b)a list showing with respect to each director or manager of the company—
(i)in the case of an individual, his name, address, occupation and date of birth,
(ii)in the case of a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name and registered or principal office,]
(c)a copy of any Act of Parliament, letters patent, deed of settlement, contract of copartnery or other instrument constituting or regulating the company, and
(d)in the case of a company intended to be registered as a company limited by guarantee, a copy of the resolution declaring the amount of the guarantee.
[F2(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) a person’s “name” means his Christian name (or other forename) and surname, except that in the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.]
(2)[F3Subject to subsection (2A), the lists] of members and directors and any other particulars relating to the company which are required by this Chapter to be delivered to the registrar shall be verified by a statutory declaration in the prescribed form made by any two or more directors or other principal officers of the company.
[F4(2A)In place of the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2), there may be delivered to the registrar of companies using electronic communications a statement made by any two or more directors or other principal officers of the company verifying the matters set out in that subsection.]
(3)The registrar may require such evidence as he thinks necessary for the purpose of satisfying himself whether a company proposing to be registered is or is not a joint stock company as defined by section 683.
[F5(3A)Any person who makes a false statement under subsection (2A) which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 686(1)(b) substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), Sch. 19 para. 5(2)
F3Words in s. 686(2) substituted (22.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3373, art. 25(1)(2)
F4S. 686(2A) inserted (22.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3373, art. 25(1)(3)
F5S. 686(3A) inserted (22.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3373, art. 25(1)(4)