Companies Act 2006

1136 Regulations about where certain company records to be kept available for inspection U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations specifying places other than a company's registered office at which company records required to be kept available for inspection under a relevant provision may be so kept in compliance with that provision.

(2) The “relevant provisions” are—

• section 114 (register of members);

• [F1 [F2 section 128D (historic register of members);]]

• [F3 section 162 (register of directors);]

• section 228 (directors' service contracts);

• section 237 (directors' indemnities);

• [F3 section 275 (register of secretaries);]

• section 358 (records of resolutions etc);

• section 702 (contracts relating to purchase of own shares);

• section 720 (documents relating to redemption or purchase of own shares out of capital by private company);

• section 743 (register of debenture holders);

• [F3 [F4 section 790M (register of people with significant control over a company);]]

• [F3 [F4 section 790Z (historic PSC register);]]

• section 805 (report to members of outcome of investigation by public company into interests in its shares);

• section 809 (register of interests in shares disclosed to public company);

• [F5 section 859Q (instruments creating charges)].

(3) The regulations may specify a place by reference to the company's principal place of business, the part of the United Kingdom in which the company is registered, the place at which the company keeps any other records available for inspection or in any other way.

(4) The regulations may provide that a company does not comply with a relevant provision by keeping company records available for inspection at a place specified in the regulations unless conditions specified in the regulations are met.

(5) The regulations—

(a) need not specify a place in relation to each relevant provision;

(b) may specify more than one place in relation to a relevant provision.

(6) A requirement under a relevant provision to keep company records available for inspection is not complied with by keeping them available for inspection at a place specified in the regulations unless all the company's records subject to the requirement are kept there.

(7) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 1136(2) 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. 1 para. 24

F2 Words in s. 1136(2) inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 5 para. 33; S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(c)

F3 Words in s. 1136(2) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 30; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)

F4 Words in s. 1136(2) inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 10; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, reg. 4(a)

F5 Words in s. 1136(2) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/600), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(8) (with reg. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 1134-1138 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 74 (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/618, reg. 7 (with reg. 8(4)) and as amended (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 7)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1136 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1136 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1136 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1136 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(t) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)