Section 34: Notice to registrar where company's constitution altered by enactment

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

Part 3: A company's constitution — Chapter 4: Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions

This section applies where a company's constitution is altered by an enactment, other than an enactment amending the general law.

If the enactment amends—

the company's articles, or
a resolution or agreement to which Chapter 3 applies (resolutions and agreements affecting a company's constitution),

the notice must be accompanied by a copy of the company's articles, or the resolution or agreement in question, as amended.

A "special enactment" means an enactment that is not a public general enactment, and includes—

an Act for confirming a provisional order,
any provision of a public general Act in relation to the passing of which any of the standing orders of the House of Lords or the House of Commons relating to Private Business applied, or
any enactment to the extent that it is incorporated in or applied for the purposes of a special enactment.

If a company fails to comply with this section an offence is committed by—

the company, and
every officer of the company who is in default.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

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