The Principal Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024

Duty to move address from default address within compliance period

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18.—(1) A relevant person that has had the address registered as the principal office of that person changed to a default address under regulation 7 or 10 must take all reasonable steps to ensure that notice is given by the relevant company under the applicable notice requirement before the end of the compliance period.

(2) The “compliance period” means the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the relevant person was given notice of the change under regulation 8 or 11, unless an appeal is brought within that period.

(3) If an appeal is brought within that period, the “compliance period” is whichever of the following ends later—

(a)the period mentioned in paragraph (2), and

(b)the period beginning with the day on which the change is made and ending with—

(i)the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the appeal is finally determined in the registrar’s favour, or

(ii)the day on which the appeal is withdrawn.