Part 35The registrar of companies

Language requirements: translation

1106Voluntary filing of translations

(1)

A company may deliver to the registrar one or more certified translations of any document relating to the company that is or has been delivered to the registrar.

(2)

The Secretary of State may by regulations specify—

(a)

the languages, and

(b)

the descriptions of document,

in relation to which this facility is available.

(3)

The regulations must provide that it is available as from 1st January 2007—

(a)

in relation to all the official languages of the European Union, and

(b)

in relation to all documents subject to the Directive disclosure requirements (see section 1078).

(4)

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 translation in a form and manner enabling it to be associated with the original.

(5)

Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

(6)

This section does not apply where the original document was delivered to the registrar before this section came into force.