C4C3Part 6A company's registered office F2and email address
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))
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
General
C1C286F1Duty to ensure registered office at appropriate address
1
A company must ensure that its registered office is at all times at an appropriate address.
2
An address is an “appropriate address” if, in the ordinary course of events—
a
a document addressed to the company, and delivered there by hand or by post, would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company, and
b
the delivery of documents there is capable of being recorded by the obtaining of an acknowledgement of delivery.
3
If a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section an offence is committed by—
a
the company, and
b
every officer of the company who is in default.
4
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—
a
in England and Wales, to a fine;
b
in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.
5
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a company during any period for which the address of its registered office is a default address nominated by virtue of section 1097A(3)(h).
Words in Pt. 6 heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 29(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(w)