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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. XXIV (ss. 704-715) applied (with modifications) (6.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2827, reg. 4, Sch. 1
C2Power to amend and modify Pt. 24 conferred (1.7.2005) by Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27), ss. 58(a), 65; S.I. 2004/3322, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 (subject to arts. 3-13)
C3Pt. 24 (ss. 704-715A) modified (1.7.2005) by The Community Interest Company Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1788), reg. 34(4)
(1)For each company to which section 690A applies the registrar, shall keep, in such form as he thinks fit, a register of the branches registered by the company under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A.
(2)The registrar shall allocate to every branch registered by him under this section a number, which shall be known as the branch’s registered number.
(3)Branches’ registered numbers shall be in such form, consisting of one or more sequences of figures or letters, as the registrar may from time to time determine.
(4)The registrar may upon adopting a new form of registered number make such changes of existing registered numbers as appear to him necessary.
(5)A change of a branch’s registered number has effect from the date on which the company is notified by the registrar of the change; but for a period of three years beginning with the date on which that notification is sent by the registrar the requirement of section 693(2) as to the use of the branch’s registered number on business letters and order forms is satisfied by the use of either the old number or the new.
(6)Where an oversea company to which section 690A applies files particulars, in any circumstances permitted by this Act, by:
(i)adopting particulars already filed in respect of another branch; or
(ii)including in one document particulars which are to relate to two or more branches,
the registrar shall ensure that the particulars concerned become part of the registered particulars of each branch concerned.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 705A inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3(2).