Section 24: Statement of compliance where amendment of articles restricted

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

Part 3: A company's constitution — Chapter 2: Articles of association

This section applies where a company's articles are subject—

to provision for entrenchment, or
to an order of a court or other authority restricting or excluding the company's power to amend the articles.

If the company—

amends its articles, and
is required to send to the registrar a document making or evidencing the amendment,

the company must deliver with that document a statement of compliance.

The statement of compliance required is a statement certifying that the amendment has been made in accordance with the company's articles and, where relevant, any applicable order of a court or other authority.

The registrar may rely on the statement of compliance as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it.

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