Section 749 Right of debenture holder to copy of deedI1C1
Any holder of debentures of a company is entitled, on request and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, to be provided with a copy of any trust deed for securing the debentures.
If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
In the case of any such default the court may direct that the copy required be sent to the person requiring it.
Annotations
Modifications
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S. 749 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 22
Commencement
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S. 749 wholly in force at 6.4.2008; s. 749 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 749 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 749 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 3(1)(g) (with savings in arts. 7, 12, subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 para. 12 and with savings in Sch. 4 paras. 20-23)
Notes on Part 19
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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