C8C7Part 10A company's directors

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8

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))

C8Chapter 1Appointment and removal of directors

F3Register of directors, etc

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S. 161A cross-heading 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. 2(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)

C1C2C3C4C5C6C9165F2Register of directors' residential addresses

1

Every company must keep a register of directors' residential addresses.

2

The register must state the usual residential address of each of the company's directors.

3

If a director's usual residential address is the same as his service address (as stated in the company's register of directors), the register of directors' residential addresses need only contain an entry to that effect.

This does not apply if his service address is stated to be “The company's registered office”.

4

If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by—

a

the company, and

b

every officer of the company who is in default.

For this purpose a shadow director is treated as an officer of the company.

5

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding F1one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scaleF1one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale.

6

This section applies only to directors who are individuals, not where the director is a body corporate or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed.