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F17(1)If, after a company has delivered a return under paragraph 1(1) above, any alteration is made in—
(a)its charter, statutes or memorandum and articles (or other instrument constituting or defining its constitution), or
(b)any of the particulars referred to in paragraph 1(1),
the company shall, within the time specified below, deliver to the registrar for registration a return in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars of the alteration.
In the case of an alteration in any of the documents referred to in paragraph (a), the return shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the document as altered, together with, if the document is not written in the English language, a translation of it into English certified in the prescribed manner to be a correct translation.
(2)The time for the delivery of the return required by sub-paragraph (1) above is—
(a)in the case of an alteration in any of the particulars specified in paragraph 3, 21 days after the alteration is made; or
(b)in the case of any other alteration, 21 days after the date on which notice of the alteration in question could have been received in Great Britain in due course of post (if despatched with due diligence).
(3)Where—
(a)a company has more than one branch in Great Britain, and
(b)an alteration relates to more than one of those branches,
sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect to require the company to deliver a return in respect of each of the branches to which the alteration relates.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above—
(a)an alteration in any of the particulars specified in paragraph 2 shall be treated as relating to every branch of the company (though where the company has more than one branch in a part of Great Britain a return in respect of an alteration in any of those particulars which gives the branch numbers of two or more such branches shall be treated as a return in respect of each branch whose number is given), but
(b)an alteration in the company’s charter, statutes or memorandum and articles (or other instrument constituting or defining its constitution) shall only be treated as relating to a branch if the document altered is included in the material registered in respect of it.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 21A inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para.3.
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