Section 1080: The register

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 35: The registrar of companies

The registrar shall continue to keep records of—

the information contained in documents delivered to the registrar under any enactment,, and
certificates issued by the registrar under any enactment.

The records relating to companies are referred to collectively in the Companies Acts as "the register".

Information deriving from an enhanced disclosure document (see section 1078) delivered to the registrar, must be kept by the registrar in electronic form.

The records kept by the registrar must be such that information relating to a company or other registered body is associated with that body, in such manner as the registrar may determine, so as to enable all the information relating to the body to be retrieved.

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