Part 35U.K.The registrar of companies

Inspection etc of the registerU.K.

1091Certification of copies as accurateU.K.

[F1(1)A copy provided under section 1086 must be certified by the registrar as a true copy if the applicant expressly requests such certification.]

(3)A copy provided under section 1086, certified by the registrar (whose official position it is unnecessary to prove) to be an accurate record of the contents of the original document, is in all legal proceedings admissible in evidence—

(a)as of equal validity with the original document, and

(b)as evidence (in Scotland, sufficient evidence) of any fact stated in the original document of which direct oral evidence would be admissible.

(4)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the manner in which such a certificate is to be provided in a case where the copy is provided in electronic form.

(5)F2... Copies provided by the registrar may, instead of being certified in writing to be an accurate record, be sealed with the registrar's official seal.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 1091(1) substituted for s. 1091(1)(2) (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 89(5)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z31)

F2Words in s. 1091(5) omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 89(5)(b), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z31)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7S. 1091 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 19(4)(h)}

C8S. 1091 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), {reg. 12(6)(f)}

C9S. 1091 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 20(1)(e) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

C10S. 1091 applied by S.I. 2014/3209, reg 20A Table A (as inserted (18.12.2015) by The Reports on Payments to Governments (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1928), regs. 1(2), 3)

C12Ss. 1085-1091: power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), ss. 8, 47(2); S.I. 2018/1161, reg. 3(a)

C14S. 1091 applied (1.8.2022 for specified purposes, 12.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 21(4), 69(1); S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(g); S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(a)

C15S. 1091 applied (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by 1907 c. 24, s. 16(5) (as substituted by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 136(4), 219(1)(2)(b))

Commencement Information

I1S. 1091 wholly in force at 1.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 2(1)(f) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)