The Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Supplementary provisions as to company records and related matters

61.—(1) In Part XXIV of the Companies Order (the registrar of companies, his functions and offices), after Article 664 insert—

“Interpretation

664A.— (1) In this Part—

“document” includes information recorded in any form; and

“legible”, in the context of documents in legible or non-legible form, means capable of being read with the naked eye.

(2) References in this Part to delivering a document include sending, forwarding, producing or (in the case of a notice) giving it.”.

(2) In Article 657(1) of the Companies Order (fees)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “any notice or other document” to the end substitute “any document which under those Orders is required to be delivered to him”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or other material”.

(3) Omit Articles 661 and 664 of the Companies Order (removal and destruction of old records).

(4) In Article 662(1) (enforcement of duty to make returns, &c.), for the words from “file with” to “or other document” substitute “deliver a document to the registrar”.

(5) In Article 2A(3) of the Companies Order (provisions applying to other statutory provisions as to the Companies Orders)—

(a) after “656(1),” insert “656A(1),”,

(b) after “657(1)(a) and (3),” insert “658(1) and (3),”, and

(c) for “659(4)” substitute “659A”.

(6) After Article 2A of the Companies Order insert—

“Relationship of this Order to Parts IV and V of the Financial Services Act 1986

2B.   In Articles 655(1), 656(1), 656A(1), 657(1)(a) and (3), 658(1) and (3), 659A and 662(1) references to the Companies Orders include Parts IV and V of the Financial Services Act 1986.”.

(7) In Schedule 21 to the Companies Order (unregistered companies), in the entry for Part XXIV for “Articles 655, 657 to 659, 661 and 662” substitute “Articles 655 to 659A, 662 and 664A”.