PART 3AMENDMENTS TO PART 27 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

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After section 940 insert—

Disruption of websites

940ADisregard of website failures beyond control of company

1

A failure to make information or a document available on the website throughout a period specified in any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) is to be disregarded if—

a

it is made available on the website for part of that period, and

b

the failure to make it available throughout that period is wholly attributable to circumstances that it would not be reasonable to have expected the company to prevent or avoid.

2

The provisions referred to above are—

a

section 906A(6),

b

section 911A(4),

c

section 916(3B) and (4B),

d

section 917(3B) and (4B),

e

section 918(2B) and (3B),

f

section 921A(6),

g

section 926A(4),

h

section 931(3B) and (4B), and

i

section 932(2B) and (3B).