Companies Act 2006

Language requirements: transliteration U.K.

1108 Transliteration of names and addresses: permitted characters U.K.

(1) Names and addresses in a document delivered to the registrar must contain only letters, characters and symbols (including accents and other diacritical marks) that are permitted.

(2) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations—

(a) as to the letters, characters and symbols (including accents and other diacritical marks) that are permitted, and

(b) permitting or requiring the delivery of documents in which names and addresses have not been transliterated into a permitted form.

(3) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 60, 83, Sch. 1 para. 27

C2 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1108 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1108 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1108 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1108 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(r) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)

1109 Transliteration of names and addresses: voluntary transliteration into Roman characters U.K.

(1) Where a name or address is or has been delivered to the registrar in a permitted form using other than Roman characters, [F1 the company (or other body) to which the document relates] may deliver to the registrar a transliteration into Roman characters.

(2) The power of the registrar to impose requirements as to the form and manner of delivery includes power to impose requirements as to the identification of the original document and the delivery of the transliteration in a form and manner enabling it to be associated with the original.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 1109(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 13

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 60, 83, Sch. 1 para. 27

C4 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

1110 Transliteration of names and addresses: certification U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the certification of transliterations and prescribing the form of certification.

(2) Different provision may be made for compulsory and voluntary transliterations.

(3) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 60, 83, Sch. 1 para. 27

C6 Ss. 1108-1110 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

Commencement Information

I2 S. 1110 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1110 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1110 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1110 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(r) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)