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Part 12U.K.Company secretaries

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pts. 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))

[F1Notification of information about secretariesU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 279G-279M and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 6; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)

279KRequired information about a secretary etc: corporate secretaries and firmsU.K.

(1)The required information about a secretary or joint secretary (or proposed secretary or joint secretary) that is a body corporate, or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed, is—

(a)corporate or firm name;

(b)principal office;

(c)a service address (which may be stated as “The company’s registered office”);

(d)in the case of a limited company that is a UK-registered company, the registered number;

(e)in any other case, particulars of—

(i)the legal form of the body corporate or firm and the law by which it is governed, and

(ii)if applicable, the register in which it is entered (including details of the state) and its registration number in that register.

(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to change the required information about a secretary or joint secretary (or proposed secretary or joint secretary) of a description mentioned in subsection (1).

(3)Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.]