C6C10C1C5C4Part 35The registrar of companies
Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/685), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)
Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 5(3)
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
Registered numbers
C2C3C8C71066Company's registered numbers
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The registrar shall allocate to every company a number, which shall be known as the company's registered number.
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Companies' registered numbers shall be in such form, consisting of one or more sequences of figures or letters, as the registrar may determine.
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The registrar may on adopting a new form of registered number make such changes of existing registered numbers as appear necessary.
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A change of a company's registered number has effect from the date on which the company is notified by the registrar of the change.
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For a period of three years beginning with that date any requirement to disclose the company's registered number imposed by regulations under section 82 or section 1051 (trading disclosures) is satisfied by the use of either the old number or the new.
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In this section “company” includes an overseas company whose particulars have been registered under section 1046, other than a company that appears to the registrar not to be required to register particulars under that section.
1067Registered numbers of F1UK establishments of overseas company
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F4The registered numbers of UK establishments of overseas companies shall be in such form, consisting of one or more sequences of figures or letters, as the registrar may determine.
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The registrar may on adopting a new form of registered number make such changes of existing registered numbers as appear necessary.
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A change of F5the registered number of a UK establishment has effect from the date on which the company is notified by the registrar of the change.
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For a period of three years beginning with that date any requirement to disclose F6the UK establishment's registered number imposed by regulations under section 1051 (trading disclosures) is satisfied by the use of either the old number or the new.
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In this Part “ establishment ”, in relation to an overseas company, means—
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a branch within the meaning of the Eleventh Company Law Directive ( 89/666/ EEC ) F8 , or
b
a place of business that is not such a branch,
and “ UK establishment ” means an establishment in the United Kingdom.
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))