A company must ensure that its registered office is at all times at an appropriate address.
An address is an "appropriate address" if, in the ordinary course of events—
a document addressed to the company, and delivered there by hand or by post, would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company, and
the delivery of documents there is capable of being recorded by the obtaining of an acknowledgement of delivery.
If a company fails, without reasonable excuse, 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—
in England and Wales, to a fine;
in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a company during any period for which the address of its registered office is a default address nominated by virtue of section 1097A(3)(h).