PART 4U.K.Consequential amendments
21U.K.The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
22(1)Section 12 (statement of proposed officers) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1), for “particulars of” substitute “information about”.
(3)For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2)For the required information—
(a)in relation to proposed directors, see sections 167J and 167K;
(b)in relation to proposed secretaries or joint secretaries, see sections 279J and 279K.”
23U.K.In section 12A (statement of initial significant control), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)The statement of initial significant control required to be delivered to the registrar must—
(a)state whether, on incorporation, there will be anyone who is either a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company, and
(b)include the required particulars of any such person.”
24(1)Section 95 (statement of proposed secretary) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1), for “particulars of” substitute “information about”.
(3)For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2)For the required information in relation to proposed secretaries or joint secretaries, see sections 279J and 279K.”
25(1)Section 156 (direction requiring company to make appointment of director) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsections (4)(b) and (5), for “section 167” substitute “section 167G”.
(3)After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)Nothing in subsection (4) or (5) affects the duty imposed by section 167G to give notice within the period mentioned in subsection (6) of that section.”
26U.K.In section 156B (power to provide for exceptions from requirement that each director to be a natural person), omit subsection (5).
27U.K.In section 156C (existing director who is not a natural person), for subsections (3) to (5) substitute—
“(3)If it appears to the registrar that, as a result of subsection (2), a company should have given notice under section 167G of a person having ceased to be a director but has failed to do so, the registrar must include a note in the register recording that fact.”
28U.K.In section 853B (duties to notify a relevant event)—
(a)for paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)the duty to give notice of a change as mentioned in section 167G or 167H (changes in directors or required information about a director);”;
(b)omit paragraph (d);
(c)for paragraph (e) substitute—
“(e)the duty to give notice of a change as mentioned in section 279G or 279H (change in secretary or joint secretaries or in required information about a secretary or joint secretary);”;
(d)omit paragraphs (f) and (fa);
(e)for paragraph (g) substitute—
“(g)the duty to deliver anything as mentioned in section 790LA, 790LC, 790LD, 790LE, 790LF, 790LG or 790LH (information about persons with significant control);”.
29U.K.In section 1079B (duty to notify directors), in subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b), for “section 167 or 167D” substitute “section 167G”.
30U.K.In section 1136 (regulations about where certain company records to be kept available for inspection), in subsection (2), omit—
31U.K.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 (communications by a company)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(d), for “the company’s register of directors” substitute “the register”;
(b)omit sub-paragraph (1A).
32U.K.In Schedule 8 (index of defined expressions), omit the entries relating to—