SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS OF PART XXIII OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART IREGISTRATION ETC.

Duty to state name etc.6

In section 693, the existing provision shall become subsection (1) and after that subsection there shall be inserted—

2

Every company to which section 690A applies shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the place of registration of the branch, and

b

the registered number of the branch.

3

Every company to which section 690A applies, which is not incorporated in a Member State and which is required by the law of the country in which it is incorporated to be registered shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the identity of the registry in which the company is registered in its country of incorporation, and

b

the number with which it is registered.

4

Every company to which section 690A applies and which is not incorporated in a Member State shall, in the case of each branch of the company registered under paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A, cause the following particulars to be stated in legible characters in all letter paper and order forms used in carrying on the business of the branch—

a

the legal form of the company,

b

the location of its head office, and

c

if applicable, the fact that it is being wound up.