Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 35 U.K. The registrar of companies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)

C2 Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 5(3)

C3 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

Requirements for proper delivery U.K.

1075 Informal correction of document U.K.

(1) A document delivered to the registrar may be corrected by the registrar if it appears to the registrar to be incomplete or internally inconsistent.

(2) This power is exercisable only—

(a) on instructions, and

(b) if [F1 the company (or other body) to which the document relates] has given (and has not withdrawn) its consent to instructions being given under this section.

(3) The following requirements must be met as regards the instructions—

(a) the instructions must be given in response to an enquiry by the registrar;

(b) the registrar must be satisfied that the person giving the instructions is authorised to do so—

(i) by the person by whom the document was delivered, or

(ii) by the company [F2 (or other body)] to which the document relates;

(c) the instructions must meet any requirements of registrar's rules as to—

(i) the form and manner in which they are given, and

(ii) authentication.

(4) [F3 The consent of the company (or other body)] to instructions being given under this section (and any withdrawal of such consent)—

(a) may be in hard copy or electronic form, and

(b) must be notified to the registrar.

(5) This section applies in relation to documents delivered under Part 25 (company charges) by a person other than the company [F4 (or other body)] as if the references to the company [F4 (or other body)] were to the company [F4 (or other body)] or the person by whom the document was delivered.

(6) A document that is corrected under this section is treated, for the purposes of any enactment relating to its delivery, as having been delivered when the correction is made.

(7) The power conferred by this section is not exercisable if the document has been registered under section 1073 (power to accept documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 1075(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 8(a)

F2 Words in s. 1075(3)(b)(ii) text inserted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 8(b)

F3 Words in s. 1075(4) text substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 8(c)

F4 Words in s. 1075(5) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 8(d)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Ss. 1072-1076 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

C5 Ss. 1072-1076 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(c) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)