Section 401: Register of charges to be kept by registrar of companies.

Companies Act 1985 · 1985 c. 6View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XII: Registration of Charges — Chapter I: Registration of Charges (England and Wales)

The registrar of companies shall keep, with respect to each company, a register in the prescribed form of all the charges requiring registration under this Chapter; and he shall enter in the register with respect to such charges the following particulars—

in the case of a charge to the benefit of which the holders of a series of debentures are entitled, the particulars specified in section 397(1),
in the case of any other charge—
if it is a charge created by the company, the date of its creation, and if it is a charge which was existing on property acquired by the company, the date of the acquisition of the property, and
the amount secured by the charge, and
short particulars of the property charged, and
the persons entitled to the charge.

The register kept in pursuance of this section shall be open to inspection by any person.

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