Part 19

Debentures

Register of debenture holders

Register of debenture holders
743
1
Any register of debenture holders of a company that is kept by the company must be kept available for inspection—
a
at the company's registered office, or
b
at a place specified in regulations under section 1136.
2
A company must give notice to the registrar of the place where any such register is kept available for inspection and of any change in that place.
3
No such notice is required if the register has, at all times since it came into existence, been kept available for inspection at the company's registered office.
4
If a company makes default for 14 days in complying with subsection (2), an offence is committed by—
a
the company, and
b
every officer of the company who is in default.
5
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
6
References in this section to a register of debenture holders include a duplicate—
a
of a register of debenture holders that is kept outside the United Kingdom, or
b
of any part of such a register.
Ss. 743-748 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 21
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
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))
S. 743 modified (6.4.2016) by The Companies (Address of Registered Office) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/423), regs. 1(1), 11(a)(x)
S. 743 restricted (temp.) (4.3.2024) by The Registered Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/233), regs. 1(2), 16; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z42)