C1C2C3Part XXIV The Registrar of Companies, His Functions and Offices

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Pt. XXIV (ss. 704-715) applied (with modifications) (6.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2827, reg. 4, Sch. 1

C4710BF1 Documents relating to Welsh companies.

1

This section applies to any document which—

a

is delivered to the registrar under this Act F2, the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 , and

b

relates to a company (whether already registered or to be registered) whose memorandum states that its registered office is to be situated in Wales.

2

A document to which this section applies may be in Welsh but, subject to subsection (3), shall on delivery to the registrar be accompanied by a certified translation into English.

3

The requirement for a translation imposed by subsection (2) shall not apply—

a

to documents of such descriptions as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph, or

b

to documents in a form prescribed in Welsh (or partly in Welsh and partly in English) by virtue of section 26 of the Welsh Language Act 1993.

4

Where by virtue of subsection (3) the registrar receives a document in Welsh without a certified translation into English, he shall, if that document is to be available for inspection, himself obtain such a translation; and that translation shall be treated as delivered to him in accordance with the same provision as the original.

5

A company whose memorandum states that its registered office is to be situated in Wales may deliver to the registrar a certified translation into Welsh of any document in English which relates to the company and which is or has been delivered to the registrar.

6

The provisions within subsection (7) (which require certified translations into English of certain documents delivered to the registrar) shall not apply where a translation is required by subsection (2) or would be required but for subsection (3).

7

The provisions within this subsection are section 228(2)(f), the second sentence of section 242(1), sections 243(4), 272(5) and 273(7) and paragraph 7(3) of Part II of Schedule 9.

8

In this section “certified translation” means a translation certified in the prescribed manner to be a correct translation.