Section 279G: Duty to notify registrar of change in secretary or joint secretary

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

Part 12: Company secretaries

A company must give notice to the registrar if a person—

becomes the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company, or
ceases to be the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company.

The notice must specify the date on which the person became or ceased to be the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company.

A notice under subsection (1)(a) must contain—

a statement of the required information about the secretary or joint secretary (see sections 279J and 279K), and
a statement by the company that the person has consented to act in that capacity.

Subsection (1)(a) does not require a company, on its incorporation, to give notice in relation to a person named as the proposed secretary or one of the proposed joint secretaries of the company in the statement under section 12.

A notice under this section must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the person becomes or ceases to be the secretary or a joint secretary.

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