Version Superseded: 10/10/2015
Point in time view as at 04/03/2015. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Companies Act 2006, Section 12 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The statement of the company's proposed officers required to be delivered to the registrar must contain the required particulars of—
(a)the person who is, or persons who are, to be the first director or directors of the company;
(b)in the case of a company that is to be a private company, any person who is (or any persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company;
(c)in the case of a company that is to be a public company, the person who is (or the persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company.
(2)The required particulars are the particulars that will be required to be stated—
(a)in the case of a director, in the company's register of directors and register of directors' residential addresses (see sections 162 to 166);
(b)in the case of a secretary, in the company's register of secretaries (see sections 277 to 279).
(3)The statement must also contain a consent by each of the persons named as a director, as secretary or as one of joint secretaries, to act in the relevant capacity.
If all the partners in a firm are to be joint secretaries, consent may be given by one partner on behalf of all of them.
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