Paragraph 4 Company secretaries (ss.270 to 274 and 280)I1

United Kingdom

(1)

A private company whose articles immediately before 6th April 2008 expressly required it to have a secretary is a company “with a secretary” for the purposes of section 270(2) until its articles are amended to remove the requirement.

(2)

For this purpose a provision—

(a)

requiring or authorising things to be done by or in relation to a secretary, or

(b)

as to the manner in which, or terms on which, a secretary is to be appointed or removed,

is not a provision expressly requiring the company to have a secretary.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 6.4.2008, see art. 2(2)