Companies Act 1989

4 (1) Section 305 of the Companies Act 1985 (directors' names on company correspondence, &c.) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for the words from “the Christian name” onwards substitute “the name of every director of the company”.

(3) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) For the purposes of the obligation under subsection (1) to state the name of every director of the company, a person’s “name” means—

(a) in the case of an individual, his Christian name (or other forename) and surname; and

(b) in the case of a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name.

(5) The initial or a recognised abbreviation of a person’s Christian name or other forename may be stated instead of the full Christian name or other forename.

(6) In the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.

(7) In this section “director” includes a shadow director and the reference in subsection (3) to an “officer” shall be construed accordingly.”.