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13.—(1) This regulation has effect where the directors of a public company have prepared revised accounts or a revised report under section 454 of the 2006 Act and copies of the original annual accounts or report have been laid before a general meeting under section 437 of that Act.
(2) A copy of the revised accounts or (as the case may be) the revised report, together with a copy of the auditor’s report on those accounts, or (as the case may be) on that report, must be laid before the next general meeting of the company held after the date of revision at which any annual accounts for a financial year are laid, unless the revised accounts, or (as the case may be) the revised report, have already been laid before an earlier general meeting.
(3) Section 438 of the 2006 Act (public companies: offence of failure to lay accounts and reports) applies with respect to a failure to comply with the requirements of this regulation as it has effect with respect to a failure to comply with the requirements of section 437 of that Act but as if—
(a)the reference in section 438(1) to “the period allowed” was a reference to the period between the date of revision of the revised accounts or (as the case may be) the revised report and the date of the next general meeting of the company held after the date of revision at which any annual accounts for a financial year are laid; references in section 438(1) and (2) to “that period” are to be construed accordingly; and
(b)the references in section 438(3) to “the documents in question” and “this Part” were, respectively, a reference to the documents referred to in paragraph (2) and the provisions of Part 15 of the 2006 Act as applied by these Regulations.
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