C1Part 2Company formation
Requirements for registration
12Statement of proposed officers
1
The statement of the company's proposed officers required to be delivered to the registrar must contain the required particulars of—
a
the person who is, or persons who are, to be the first director or directors of the company;
b
in the case of a company that is to be a private company, any person who is (or any persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company;
c
in the case of a company that is to be a public company, the person who is (or the persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company.
2
The required particulars are the particulars that will be required to be stated—
a
in the case of a director, in the company's register of directors and register of directors' residential addresses (see sections 162 to 166);
b
in the case of a secretary, in the company's register of secretaries (see sections 277 to 279).
3
The statement must also contain a consent by each of the persons named as a director, as secretary or as one of 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.
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