Every oversea company shall in respect of each financial year of the company prepare the like accounts and directors' report, and cause to be prepared such an auditors' report, as would be required if the company were formed and registered under this Act.
The Secretary of State may by order—
modify the requirements referred to in subsection (1) for the purpose of their application to oversea companies;
exempt an oversea company from those requirements or from such of them as may be specified in the order.
An order may make different provision for different cases or classes of case and may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.