C3C2Part 31Dissolution and restoration to the register
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Chapter 1Striking off
Voluntary striking off
I1C11003Striking off on application by company
1
On application by a company, the registrar of companies may strike the company's name off the register.
2
The application—
a
must be made on the company's behalf by its directors or by a majority of them, and
b
must contain the prescribed information.
3
The registrar may not strike a company off under this section until after the expiration of three months from the publication by the registrar in the Gazette of a notice—
a
stating that the registrar may exercise the power under this section in relation to the company, and
b
inviting any person to show cause why that should not be done.
4
The registrar must publish notice in the Gazette of the company's name having been struck off.
5
On the publication of the notice in the Gazette the company is dissolved.
6
However—
a
the liability (if any) of every director, managing officer and member of the company continues and may be enforced as if the company had not been dissolved, and
b
nothing in this section affects the power of the court to wind up a company the name of which has been struck off the register.
Pt. 31 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (E.W.S.) (1.12.2013) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c. 7), ss. 4(1)(2)(c), 8(2); S.I. 2013/2936, art. 2