Part 35

The registrar of companies

Language requirements: translation

Application of language requirements
1102
1
The provisions listed below apply to all documents required to be delivered to the registrar under any provision of—
a
the Companies Acts, or
b
the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)).
2
The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations applying all or any of the listed provisions, with or without modifications, in relation to documents delivered to the registrar under any other enactment.
3
The provisions are—
- section 1103 (documents to be drawn up and delivered in English),
- section 1104 (documents relating to Welsh companies),
- section 1105 (documents that may be drawn up and delivered in other languages),
- section 1107 (certified translations).
4
Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.
S. 1102 wholly in force at 1.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 2(1)(g) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)
S. 1102 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 4(1)(b)} (with transitional provisions in Sch. 1 para. 2)
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)
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
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 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))
Pt. 35 modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 21(7)(a))
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)