Companies Act 2006

95Statement of proposed secretary

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(1)The statement of the company’s proposed secretary must contain the required particulars of the person who is or the persons who are to be the secretary or joint secretaries of the company.

(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).

(3)The statement must also contain a consent by the person named as secretary, or each of the persons named as joint secretaries, 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.