Part 35— The registrar of companies

The scheme of this Part is as follows.

The following provisions apply generally (to the registrar, to any functions of the registrar, or to documents delivered to or issued by the registrar under any enactment, as the case may be)— sections 1060(1) and (2) and 1061 to 1063 (the registrar), sections 1067A to 1071 (delivery of documents to the registrar), sections 1072 to 1076 (requirements for proper delivery), sections 1080(1), (4) and (5) and 1092 (keeping and production of records), section 1081A (registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc), section 1083 (preservation of original documents), section 1084A (recording optional information on register), sections 1092A to 1092C (powers to require further information), sections 1108 to 1110 (language requirements: transliteration), sections 1110E to 1110G (disclosure of information), sections 1111 and 1114 to 1119 (supplementary provisions). section 1112B (false statement offences: national security etc defence).

The following provisions apply in relation to companies (to companies or for the purposes of the Companies Acts, as the case may be)— section 1060(3) and (4) (references to the registrar in the Companies Acts), sections 1064 and 1065 (certificates of incorporation), section 1066 (companies' registered numbers), sections 1077 to 1079A (public notice of certain information), sections 1080(2) and (3), 1081 , 1082 and 1084 (the register), sections 1085 to 1091 (inspection of the register), sections 1093 to 1098 (correction or removal of material on the register), sections 1098A to 1098H (authorised corporate service providers), section 1106 (voluntary filing of translations), sections 1110A and 1110B (identity verification), sections 1112, 1112A and 1113 (enforcement).

The following provisions apply as indicated in the provisions concerned— section 1067 (registered numbers of UK establishments of overseas companies), sections 1099 to 1101 (the registrar's index of company names), sections 1102 to 1105 and 1107 (language requirements: translation). section 1110C (identity verification: exemption on national security grounds), section 1110D (power to require businesses to report discrepancies),

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this Part apply to an overseas company as they apply to a company as defined in section 1.