[F1[F2279EWithdrawing the electionU.K.
(1)A company may withdraw an election made by or in respect of it under section 279A.
(2)Withdrawal is achieved by giving notice of withdrawal to the registrar.
(3)The withdrawal takes effect when the notice is registered by the registrar.
(4)The effect of withdrawal is that the company's obligation under section 275 to keep and maintain a register of secretaries, and its obligation under section 276 to notify the registrar of changes to that register, apply from then on with respect to the period going forward.
(5)This means that, when the withdrawal takes effect—
(a)the company must enter in its register of secretaries all the information that is required to be contained in that register in respect of matters that are current as at that time, but
(b)the company is not required to enter in its register information relating to the period when the election was in force that is no longer current.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 274A-279F and cross-heading omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 5; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)
F2Ss. 279A-279F and cross-heading inserted (30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 5 para. 10; S.I. 2016/321, reg. 6(c)