C1Part 12Company secretaries
Private companies
I1270Private company not required to have secretary
1
A private company is not required to have a secretary.
2
References in the Companies Acts to a private company “without a secretary” are to a private company that for the time being is taking advantage of the exemption in subsection (1); and references to a private company “with a secretary” shall be construed accordingly.
3
In the case of a private company without a secretary—
a
anything authorised or required to be given or sent to, or served on, the company by being sent to its secretary—
i
may be given or sent to, or served on, the company itself, and
ii
if addressed to the secretary shall be treated as addressed to the company; and
b
anything else required or authorised to be done by or to the secretary of the company may be done by or to—
i
a director, or
ii
a person authorised generally or specifically in that behalf by the directors.
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2