Section 279G Duty to notify registrar of change in secretary or joint secretaryF1C1C2
A company must give notice to the registrar if a person—
becomes the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company, or
ceases to be the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company.
The notice must specify the date on which the person became or ceased to be the secretary or one of the joint secretaries of the company.
A notice under subsection (1)(a) must contain—
a statement of the required information about the secretary or joint secretary (see sections 279J and 279K), and
a statement by the company that the person has consented to act in that capacity.
Subsection (1)(a) does not require a company, on its incorporation, to give notice in relation to a person named as the proposed secretary or one of the proposed joint secretaries of the company in the statement under section 12.
A notice under this section must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the person becomes or ceases to be the secretary or a joint secretary.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 279G 279M and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of ss. 279H, 279J, 279K for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force, except for the insertion of s. 279K(1)(c)) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 6; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 6)
Modifications
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Ss. 279G-279M applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 8 (as substituted by The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotations, Application and Modification of Company Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1116), regs. 1(2), 5(3); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(g))
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Ss. 279G-279M applied (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 8 (as substituted by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3), 3(3) (with regs. 5, 6))
Notes on Part 12
Modifications
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Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (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))
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Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2