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SCHEDULES

Section 1144(1)

SCHEDULE 4U.K.Documents and information sent or supplied to a company

Part 1U.K.Introduction

Application of ScheduleU.K.

1(1)This Schedule applies to documents or information sent or supplied to a company.U.K.

(2)It does not apply to documents or information sent or supplied by another company (see section 1144(3) and Schedule 5).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 1 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Part 2U.K.Communications in hard copy form

IntroductionU.K.

2U.K.A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a company if it is sent or supplied in hard copy form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 4 para. 2 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Method of communication in hard copy formU.K.

3(1)A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied by hand or by post to an address (in accordance with paragraph 4).U.K.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule, a person sends a document or information by post if he posts a prepaid envelope containing the document or information.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 4 para. 3 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Address for communications in hard copy formU.K.

4U.K.A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied—

(a)to an address specified by the company for the purpose;

(b)to the company's registered office;

(c)to an address to which any provision of the Companies Acts authorises the document or information to be sent or supplied.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 4 para. 4 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Part 3U.K.Communications in electronic form

IntroductionU.K.

5U.K.A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a company if it is sent or supplied in electronic form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 4 para. 5 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Conditions for use of communications in electronic formU.K.

6U.K.A document or information may only be sent or supplied to a company in electronic form if—

(a)the company has agreed (generally or specifically) that the document or information may be sent or supplied in that form (and has not revoked that agreement), or

(b)the company is deemed to have so agreed by a provision in the Companies Acts.

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 4 para. 6 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Address for communications in electronic formU.K.

7(1)Where the document or information is sent or supplied by electronic means, it may only be sent or supplied to an address—U.K.

(a)specified for the purpose by the company (generally or specifically), or

(b)deemed by a provision in the Companies Acts to have been so specified.

(2)Where the document or information is sent or supplied in electronic form by hand or by post, it must be sent or supplied to an address to which it could be validly sent if it were in hard copy form.

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 4 para. 7 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)

Part 4U.K.Other agreed forms of communication

8U.K.A document or information that is sent or supplied to a company otherwise than in hard copy form or electronic form is validly sent or supplied if it is sent or supplied in a form or manner that has been agreed by the company.

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 4 para. 8 wholly in force at 20.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(1)(e) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1) (with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)