C8C1C7Part 21Certification and transfer of securities
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)
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
Chapter 1Certification and transfer of securities: general
Issue of certificates etc on transfer
C2C4C5776Duty of company as to issue of certificates etc on transfer
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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.
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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).
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Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 777 (cases where the Stock Transfer Act 1982 applies).
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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.
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))