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Section 686: Other requirements for registration.

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

Part XXII: Bodies Corporate Subject, or Becoming Subject, to this Act (Otherwise than by Original Formation Under Part I) — Chapter II: Companies not Formed under Companies Legislation, but Authorised to Register

Before the registration in pursuance of this Chapter of any company (not being a joint stock company), there shall be delivered to the registrar of companies—

a statement in the prescribed form specifying the name with which the company is proposed to be registered,
a list showing with respect to each director or manager of the company—
in the case of an individual, his name, address, occupation and date of birth,
in the case of a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name and registered or principal office,
a copy of any Act of Parliament, letters patent, deed of settlement, contract of copartnery or other instrument constituting or regulating the company, and
in the case of a company intended to be registered as a company limited by guarantee, a copy of the resolution declaring the amount of the guarantee.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) a person's "name" means his Christian name (or other forename) and surname, except that in the case of a peer, or an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.

Subject to subsection (2A), the lists of members and directors and any other particulars relating to the company which are required by this Chapter to be delivered to the registrar shall be verified by a statutory declaration in the prescribed form made by any two or more directors or other principal officers of the company.

In place of the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2), there may be delivered to the registrar of companies using electronic communications a statement made by any two or more directors or other principal officers of the company verifying the matters set out in that subsection.

The registrar may require such evidence as he thinks necessary for the purpose of satisfying himself whether a company proposing to be registered is or is not a joint stock company as defined by section 683.

Any person who makes a false statement under subsection (2A) which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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