Section 88A Duty to maintain a registered email addressF1C1C2
A company must ensure that its registered email address is at all times an appropriate email address.
An email address is an “appropriate email address” if, in the ordinary course of events, emails sent to it by the registrar would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company.
If a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section an offence is committed by—
the company, and
every officer of the company who is in default.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—
in England and Wales, to a fine;
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 88A, 88B and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 29(5), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(w)
Modifications
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S. 88A excluded (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 30(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(x)
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Ss. 88A, 88B applied (with modifications) (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 17ZA (with reg. 17ZB) (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 17; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a))
Notes on Part 6
Textual amendments
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Words in Pt. 6 heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 29(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(w)
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