C8C1C7Part 21Certification and transfer of securities

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C1

Pt. 21 applied (with modifications) (8.00 a.m. on 29.9.2008) by The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 4(7)

Chapter 1Certification and transfer of securities: general

Issue of certificates etc on transfer

C2C4C5776Duty of company as to issue of certificates etc on transfer

1

A company must, within two months after the date on which a transfer of any of its shares, debentures or debenture stock is lodged with the company, complete and have ready for delivery—

a

the certificates of the shares transferred,

b

the debentures transferred, or

c

the certificates of the debenture stock transferred.

2

For this purpose a “transfer” means—

a

a transfer duly stamped and otherwise valid, or

b

an exempt transfer within the Stock Transfer Act 1982 (c. 41),

but does not include a transfer that the company is for any reason entitled to refuse to register and does not register.

C3C63

Subsection (1) does not apply—

a

if the conditions of issue of the shares, debentures or debenture stock provide otherwise,

b

in the case of a transfer to a financial institution (see section 778), or

c

in the case of a transfer of shares if, following the transfer, the company has issued a share warrant in respect of the shares (see section 779).

C3C64

Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 777 (cases where the Stock Transfer Act 1982 applies).

5

If default is made in complying with subsection (1) an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.

6

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.