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The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009

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Requirement to display name etc at business location

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60.—(1) A company to which this Part applies must display the company’s name and country of incorporation—

(a)at every location in the United Kingdom at which it carries on business, and

(b)at the service address of every person resident in the United Kingdom authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the company.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a location—

(a)that is primarily used for living accommodation;

(b)at which business is carried on by a company of which every director or permanent representative who is an individual is entitled to higher protection from disclosure of their residential address; or

(c)at which business is carried on by a company in respect of which a liquidator, administrator or administrative receiver has been appointed if the location is also a place of business of the liquidator, administrator or administrative receiver.

(3) The reference in paragraph (2)(b) to an individual who is entitled to higher protection from disclosure of their residential address is to an individual in respect of whom the registrar is prohibited from disclosing protected information to a credit reference agency.

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