# Companies Act 2006, Section 86: Duty to ensure registered office at appropriate address


(1) A company must ensure that its registered office is at all times at an appropriate address.
(2) An address is an “appropriate address” if, in the ordinary course of events—
(a) a document addressed to the company, and delivered there by hand or by post, would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company, and
(b) the delivery of documents there is capable of being recorded by the obtaining of an acknowledgement of delivery.
(3) If a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section an offence is committed by—
(a) the company, and
(b) every officer of the company who is in default.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—
(a) in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a company during any period for which the address of its registered office is a default address nominated by virtue of section 1097A(3)(h).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/86 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-86
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