Part 25Company charges
Chapter 2Companies registered in Scotland
Charges requiring registration
880Duty to register charges existing on property acquired
(1)
Subsection (2) applies where a company acquires any property which is subject to a charge of any kind as would, if it had been created by the company after the acquisition of the property, have been required to be registered under this Chapter.
(2)
The company must deliver the prescribed particulars of the charge, together with a copy (certified to be a correct copy) of the instrument (if any) by which the charge was created or is evidenced, to the registrar for registration before the end of the period allowed for registration.
(3)
If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by—
(a)
the company, and
(b)
every officer of it who is in default.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
(b)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.