Regulation 12 Prescribed conversion documentsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

For the purposes of section 37 of the 2004 Act, the prescribed conversion documents are—

(a)

a community interest statement F1authenticated by each person who is a director of the company;

(b)

a declaration that the company is not an excluded company; and

F2(c)

either—

(i)

a declaration that the company is not a charity, F3...

(ii)

in the case of a company that is an English charity, a declaration that the Charity Commissioners have given the company the written consent required by section 39 of the 2004 Act F4, or,

F5(iii)

in the case of a company that is a Scottish charity, a declaration that the Scottish Charity Regulator, and, where applicable, the Charity Commission, has given the company the written consent required by section 40 of the 2004 Act.

(2)

The declarations referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (1) must be in a form approved by the Regulator and must be made by each person who is a director of the company.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 12(1)(a) substituted (21.7.2025) by The Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/874), regs. 1(2)(a), 11(3)(b)
F2: Reg. 12(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1093), art. 1(3), Sch. 4 para. 30
F3: Word in reg. 12(1)(c)(i) revoked (1.10.2009) by The Community Interest Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1942), regs. 1(1), 9(a)
F4: Word in reg. 12(1)(c)(ii) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Community Interest Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1942), regs. 1(1), 9(b)
F5: Reg. 12(1)(c)(iii) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Community Interest Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1942), regs. 1(1), 9(c)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 12 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1