The Principal Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024

Part 3 Application to registrar

Application for address to be changed

4.—(1) Any person may apply to the registrar to change the address registered as the principal office(1) of a relevant person in accordance with these Regulations if they think that the address is not in fact the person’s principal office.

(2) The application must—

(a) state the applicant’s name, address and email address;

(b) state the name of the relevant person;

(c) where the relevant person is a firm(2), state the person’s registered number, if any;

(d) state what the address registered as the principal office the subject of the application is (“the relevant principal office address”);

(e) state the name and registered number of the company in relation to which the relevant principal office address has been registered (the “relevant company”);

(f) state where the relevant principal office address is in the register in respect of the relevant company, and

(g) explain why the applicant thinks that the relevant principal office address of the relevant person is not in fact their principal office.

(3) The application must be accompanied by any information that the applicant wishes to rely on in support of the application.

Notification of outcome of application

5.—(1) The registrar must give the applicant a written notice stating the outcome of any application under regulation 4.

(2) If the application is unsuccessful, the notice must explain that the applicant has a right to appeal under regulation 14.

(1)

For the definition of “address registered as the principal office” see section 1097C(2) of the 2006 Act.

(2)

For the definition of “firm” see section 1173(1) of the 2006 Act.