F18(1)Sub-paragraph (2) below applies where—
(a)a company’s return under paragraph 1(1) includes a statement to the effect mentioned in paragraph 1(3)(b), and
(b)the statement ceases to be true so far as concerns the documents specified in paragraph 5.
(2)The company shall, within the time specified below, deliver to the registrar of companies for registration in respect of the branch to which the return relates—
(a)the documents specified in paragraph 5, or
(b)a return in the prescribed form—
(i)containing a statement to the effect that those documents are included in the material which is registered in respect of another branch of the company in the United Kingdom, and
(ii)stating where the other branch is registered and what is its registered number.
(3)The time for complying with sub-paragraph (2) above is 21 days after the date on which notice of the fact that the statement in the earlier return has ceased to be true could have been received in Great Britain in due course of post (if despatched with due diligence).
(4)Sub-paragraph (2) above shall also apply where, after a company has made a return under sub-paragraph (2)(b) above, the statement to the effect mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i) ceases to be true.
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), where the company has more than one branch in a part of Great Britain a return 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 21A inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para.3.