The Companies (Welsh Language Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe amended form 363 cym for the purposes of section 363(2) of the Companies Act 1985, with effect from 1 October 2008. The form is in Welsh as well as English.

The Regulations also revoke the following existing forms—

(i) Forms 363 cym and 363s cym (prescribed by the Companies (Welsh Language Forms) Regulations 2003),

(ii) Form 363s cym (prescribed by Companies (Welsh Language Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2000), and

(iii) Form 363 cym (prescribed by Companies (Welsh Language Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1999).

The forms referred to at paragraph (ii) and (iii) were retained as alternatives to the forms prescribed by the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2002. Continued use of the revoked forms is permitted for returns made up to a date before 1 October 2008.

Form 363 cym is amended to reflect amendments to the shareholder information provided. The amendments are made by the Companies Act 1985 (Annual Return) Regluations 2008 (S.I.2008/1659) applying to annual returns made up to a date on or after 1 October 2008. The type of inforamtion to be supplied depends on whether or not any of the company’s shares were shares admitted to trading on a regulated market during the period to which the return relates.