SCHEDULE 5Communications by a company
Part 2Communications in hard copy form
Introduction
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A document or information is validly sent or supplied by a company if it is sent or supplied in hard copy form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.
Method of communication in hard copy form
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(1)
A document or information in hard copy form must be—
(a)
handed to the intended recipient, or
(b)
sent or supplied by hand or by post to an address (in accordance with paragraph 4).
(2)
For the purposes of this Schedule, a person sends a document or information by post if he posts a prepaid envelope containing the document or information.
Address for communications in hard copy form
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(1)
A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied by the company—
(a)
to an address specified for the purpose by the intended recipient;
(b)
to a company at its registered office;
(c)
to a person in his capacity as a member of the company at his address as shown in the company's register of members;
(d)
(e)
to an address to which any provision of the Companies Acts authorises the document or information to be sent or supplied.
F2F3(1A)
Sub-paragraph (1) has effect—
(a)
where an election under section 128B is in force, as if the reference in paragraph (c) to the company's register of members were a reference to the register kept by the registrar under section 1080, and
(b)
where an election under section 167A is in force in respect of the company's register of directors, as if the reference in paragraph (d) to the company's register of directors were a reference to the register kept by the registrar under section 1080.
(2)
Where the company is unable to obtain an address falling within sub-paragraph (1), the document or information may be sent or supplied to the intended recipient's last address known to the company.