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The Companies (Address of Registered Office) Regulations 2016

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6.—(1) The notice given under regulation 5(b) must—

(a)identify the name of the applicant;

(b)identify the grounds of the application;

(c)provide a copy of any documents or information which supported the application;

(d)state that the registrar will change the address of the company’s registered office to a default address unless within a period specified in the notice by the registrar (the “specified period”)—

(i)the company changes the address of its registered office in accordance with section 87 of the Act;

(ii)the company objects to the application and provides evidence to the satisfaction of the registrar that the company is authorised to use the address as its registered office; or

(iii)the applicant withdraws the application;

(e)provide an explanation of evidence that may satisfy the registrar that the company is authorised to use the address as its registered office.

(2) The specified period must be—

(a)at least 28 days beginning on the day after the day on which the notice was sent to the company; and

(b)may be extended at the discretion of the registrar at any time before the specified period ends.

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