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  • s. 1081 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2009/1803, reg. 64 by S.I. 2024/54 reg. 14

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  • Act amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2008/373 reg. 11(1) by S.I. 2013/1971 reg. 9(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked (1.10.2013) without ever being in force by S.I. 2013/2224, reg. 2)
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  • s. 156A-156C inserted by 2015 c. 26 s. 87(4)
  • s. 479A(2)(c)(zi) inserted by S.I. 2019/177 reg. 4(b)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4 substituted by regs. 4, 4A immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2019/1392, regs. 1(2), 4)
  • s. 1110E-110G applied by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 60 (as amended) by S.I. 2024/234 reg. 26
  • s. 11989A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 79A (as inserted) by S.I. 2024/234 reg. 46
  • Sch. 10 para. 6(2D) inserted by S.I. 2019/177 reg. 28(e) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 28(e) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 14(e)(iv))
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1081Annotation of the registerU.K.

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(1)The registrar must place a note in the register recording—

(a)the date on which a document is delivered to the registrar;

[F1(b)if a document is corrected under section 1075, the nature and date of the correction;]

(c)if a document is replaced (whether or not material derived from it is removed), the fact that it has been replaced and the date of delivery of the replacement;

(d)if material is removed—

(i)what was removed (giving a general description of its contents),

(ii)under what power, and

(iii)the date on which that was done.

[F2(e)if a document is rectified under section 859M, the nature and date of rectification;

(f)if a document is replaced under section 859N, the fact that it has been replaced and the date of delivery of the replacement.]

[F3[F4(1A)If the registrar registers a document delivered by a company under section 128E that, by virtue of subsection (3)(a), (b) or (c) of that section, does not specify the relevant date, the registrar must place a note in the register recording as that date the date on which the document was registered by the registrar.]]

(2)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations—

(a)authorising or requiring the registrar to annotate the register in such other circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, and

(b)as to the contents of any such annotation.

(3)No annotation is required in the case of a document that by virtue of section 1072(2) (documents not meeting requirements for proper delivery) is treated as not having been delivered.

(4)A note may be removed if it no longer serves any useful purpose.

(5)Any duty or power of the registrar with respect to annotation of the register is subject to the court's power under section 1097 (powers of court on ordering removal of material from the register) to direct—

(a)that a note be removed from the register, or

(b)that no note shall be made of the removal of material that is the subject of the court's order.

(6)Notes placed in the register in accordance with subsection (1) [F5[F6or (1A)]], or in pursuance of regulations under subsection (2) [F7or of any other enactment], are part of the register for all purposes of the Companies Acts.

(7)Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 1081(1)(b) omitted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 80(3), 219(1)(2)(b)

F3S. 1081(1A) omitted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 1 para. 23(2)

F5Words in s. 1081(6) omitted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 1 para. 23(3)

F7Words in s. 1081(6) inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 19(4), 219(1)(2)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 1081 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 4(1)(a)} (with transitional provisions in Sch. 1 para. 2)

C2S. 1081 applied (with modifications) (9.7.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 64 (with reg. 60, Sch. 1 paras. 29, 34, 35) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/618, reg. 3 (with reg. 8(4)))

C3S. 1081 modified by The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), reg. 13(1B), Sch. 1A para. 1 (as inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), reg. {37})

C6S. 1081 power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), ss. 8, 47(2); S.I. 2018/1161, reg. 3(a)

Commencement Information

I1S. 1081 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1081 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1081 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1081 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(r) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)

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