C7C6Part 10A company's directors
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
C7Chapter 1Appointment and removal of directors
F4Register of directors, etc
S. 161A cross-heading omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 2(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)
C1C2C3C4C5C9167F3Duty to notify registrar of changes
C101
A company must, within the period of 14 days from—
a
a person becoming or ceasing to be a director, or
b
the occurrence of any change in the particulars contained in its register of directors or its register of directors' residential addresses,
give notice to the registrar of the change and of the date on which it occurred.
2
Notice of a person having become a director of the company must—
a
contain a statement of the particulars of the new director that are required to be included in the company's register of directors and its register of directors' residential addresses, and
F2b
be accompanied by a statement by the company that the person has consented to act in that capacity.
3
Where—
a
a company gives notice of a change of a director's service address as stated in the company's register of directors, and
b
the notice is not accompanied by notice of any resulting change in the particulars contained in the company's register of directors' residential addresses,
the notice must be accompanied by a statement that no such change is required.
4
If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by—
a
the company, and
b
every officer of the company who is in default.
For this purpose a shadow director is treated as an officer of the company.
5
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding F1one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scaleF1one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))