{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1103.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1103",
  "heading": "Documents to be drawn up and delivered in English",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that all documents required to be delivered to the registrar must be drawn up and delivered in English.\n(2) This is subject to—\nsection 1104 (documents relating to Welsh companies) and\nsection 1105 (documents that may be drawn up and delivered in other languages).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1103 applied (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations (S.I. 2007/2974), reg. 4(1)(b) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 1 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 1103-1107 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 68 (with reg. 60) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/618, reg. 6 (with reg. 8(4)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 1103 applied (26.5.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(3)(g)(ii), Sch. 4 para. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 1103 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/3209, reg 20B Table B (as inserted (18.12.2015) by The Reports on Payments to Governments (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1928), regs. 1(2), 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 1103 applied (with modifications) (26.6.2017) by The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/694), regs. 1(1), 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 1103 applied (with modifications) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), reg. 13A(1)(2) (as inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2400), reg. 15(1) (with regs. 2, 15(2))) (as amended (31.12.2020) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 10 (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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1103 wholly in force at 1.1.2007, see s. 1300 and S.I. 2006/3428, art. 2(1)(g) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}