Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 7 U.K. Re-registration as a means of altering a company's status

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 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))

Private company becoming public U.K.

95 Statement of proposed secretary U.K.

(1) The statement of the company's proposed secretary must contain the required [F1 particulars of] [F1 information about] the person who is or the persons who are to be the secretary or joint secretaries of the company.

[F2 (2) The required particulars are the particulars that will be required to be stated in the company's register of secretaries (see sections 277 to 279).]

[F2 (2) For the required information in relation to proposed secretaries or joint secretaries, see sections 279J and 279K.]

(3) [F3 The statement must also include a statement by the company that the person named as secretary, or each of the persons named as joint secretaries, has consented to act in the relevant capacity.]

If all the partners in a firm are to be joint secretaries, consent may be given by one partner on behalf of all of them.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 95(1) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 24(2); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)

F2 S. 95(2) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 24(3); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)

F3 Words in s. 95(3) substituted (10.10.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 100(3), 164(1) (with s. 100(6)); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 4(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Ss. 90-96 applied (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 12(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with art. 10)

C3 Ss. 90-96 applied (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. 3