C2C1Part 2Company formation
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 registration
12Statement of proposed officers
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 F2(or, in the absence of an election under section 167A or 279A, would 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
F1The statement must also include a statement by the subscribers to the memorandum of association that each of the persons named as a director, as secretary or as one of the joint secretaries has consented 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.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))