The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Registration of Companies) Order 1995

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 FUNCTIONS OF THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ENABLED TO BE CONTRACTED OUT

1.  Any function of receiving any return, account or other document required to be filed with, delivered or sent, or notice of any matter required to be given, to the registrar which is conferred by or under any enactment.

2.  Any functions in relation to—

(a) the incorporation of companies and the change of name of companies by or under Chapters I and II of Part I of the Act (company formation; company names);

(b) the re-registration and change of status of companies by or under Part II (re-registration as a means of altering a company’s status) and sections 138 (registration of order and minute of reduction), 139 and 147 of the Act (re-registration of public companies on reduction of capital).

3.  Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Act:

(a) sections 705 and 705A(1) (companies' registered numbers and registration of branches of oversea companies) except insofar as they relate respectively to the determination of the form of companies' registered numbers and branches' registered numbers;

(b) section 706(2) (delivery to the registrar of documents in legible form) except insofar as they relate to specification of requirements for the purpose of enabling the copying of documents delivered to the registrar;

(c) section 707(3) (delivery to the registrar of documents other than in legible form) except insofar as they relate to the approval of the non-legible form in which information may be conveyed to the registrar;

(d) section 709(4) (inspection etc. of records kept by the registrar) except insofar as they relate to the determination of the means of facilitating the exercise of the right of persons to inspect records kept by the registrar, or the form in which copies of the information contained in those records may be made available;

(e) section 710 (certificate of incorporation); and

(f) section 710A(5) (provision and authentication by registrar of documents in non-legible form) except insofar as they relate to the approval of the means of communication to the registrar of information in non-legible form.

4.  Functions conferred by or under section 13 of the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881(6) (registrar to enter returns on register).

5.  Functions conferred by or under section 16 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907(7) (inspection of statements registered).

6.  Functions conferred by or under section 47 or 65 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982(8) (rescission, variation and publication of requirements and documents deposited with the Secretary of State).

7.  Functions conferred by or under regulation 14 of the Regulations (inspection of documents).

8.  Functions conferred by or under any provision of the Act listed in paragraphs 2 and 3 above to the extent specified in those paragraphs where any such provision is applied to EEIGs by regulation 18 of the Regulations (application of the Companies Act 1985).

(1)

Section 705 was substituted by section 145 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 19 to, the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40), and amended by regulation 4 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to, S.I. 1992/3179; section 705A was inserted by regulation 3(2) of S.I. 1992/3179.

(2)

Section 706 was substituted by section 125(1) of the Companies Act 1989, and amended by regulation 4 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to, S.I. 1992/3179.

(3)

Section 707 was substituted by section 125(2) of the Companies Act 1989, and amended by regulation 4 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to, S.I. 1992/3179.

(4)

Section 709 was substituted by section 126(2) of the Companies Act 1989.

(5)

Section 710A was inserted by section 126(2) of the Companies Act 1989.

(6)

44 and 45, Vict. c. 60.

(7)

7 Edw. 7 c. 24.

(8)

1982 c. 30.