Part XXIII Oversea Companies

Chapter I Registration, Etc.

C1692 Registration of altered particulars.

1

If any alteration is made in—

a

the charter, statutes, or memorandum and articles of an oversea company or any such instrument as is mentioned above, or

b

the directors or secretary of an oversea company or the particulars contained in the list of the directors and secretary, or

c

the names or addresses of the persons authorised to accept service on behalf of an oversea company,

the company shall, within the time specified below, deliver to the registrar of companies for registration a return containing the prescribed particulars of the alteration.

F11A

If an individual in respect of whom a confidentiality order under section 723B is in force becomes a director or secretary of an oversea company—

a

the return required to be delivered to the registrar under subsection (1) shall contain the address for the time being notified by the director or secretary to the company under regulations made under sections 723B to 723F, but shall not contain his usual residential address; and

b

with that return the company shall deliver to the registrar a return in the prescribed form containing the usual residential address of that director or secretary.

1B

If a confidentiality order under section 723B is made in respect of an existing director or secretary of an oversea company, the company shall within the time specified below deliver to the registrar of companies for registration a return in the prescribed form containing the address for the time being notified to it by the director or secretary under regulations made under sections 723B to 723F.

1C

If while a confidentiality order made under section 723B is in force in respect of a director or secretary of an oversea company there is an alteration in his usual residential address, the company shall within the time specified below deliver to the registrar of companies for registration a return in the prescribed form containing the new address.

2

If any change is made in the corporate name of an oversea company, the company shall, within the time specified below, deliver to the registrar of companies for registration a return containing the prescribed particulars of the change.

3

The time for delivery of the returns required by subsections (1) F2, (1B), (1C) and (2) is—

a

in the case of an alteration to which subsection (1)(c) applies, 21 days after the making of the alteration, and

b

otherwise, 21 days after the date on which notice of the alteration or change in question could have been received in Great Britain in due course of post (if despatched with due diligence).