Companies Act 2006

Part 2 U.K. Communications in hard copy form

Introduction U.K.

2 U.K. 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.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 2 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Method of communication in hard copy form U.K.

3 (1) A document or information in hard copy form must be— U.K.

(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.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 5 para. 3 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Address for communications in hard copy form U.K.

4 (1) A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied by the company— U.K.

(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) to a person in his capacity as a director of the company at his address as shown in [F1 the company's register of directors] [F1 the register];

(e) to an address to which any provision of the Companies Acts authorises the document or information to be sent or supplied.

[F2 [F3 (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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1)(d) substituted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 31(a)

F2 Sch. 5 para. 4(1A) omitted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 31(b)

F3 Sch. 5 para. 4(1A) inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 5 para. 34(a); S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(c)

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 5 para. 4 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)