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(1)Any document which an oversea company [F2to which section 691 applies;] is required to deliver to the registar of companies shall be delivered to the registrar at the registration office in England and Wales or Scotland, according to where the company has established a place of business.
(2)If the company has established a place of business both in England and Wales and in Scotland, the document shall be delivered at the registration office both in England and Wales and in Scotland.
(3)References in this Part [F3(except references in Schedule 21C)] to the registrar of companies [F4, in relation to a company to which section 691 applies,] are to be construed in accordance with the above subsections.
(4)If an oversea company [F5to which section 691 applies] ceases to have a place of business in either part of Great Britain, it shall forthwith give notice of that fact to the registrar of companies for that part; and as from the date on which notice is so given the obligation of the company to deliver any document to the registrar ceases.
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F1A new s. 696 commencing “References to" substituted (prosp.) for s. 696 commencing “Any document" by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 145, 213(2), 215(2), Sch. 19 para. 13
F2Words in s. 696(1) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 11(a).
F3Words in s. 696(3) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 4, Sch. 3 para.4.
F4Words in s. 696(3) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 11(b).
F5Words in s. 696(4) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 11(c).
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