{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-95",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-95.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/95",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Statement of proposed secretary",
  "text": "(1) The statement of the company's proposed secretary must contain the required information about the person who is or the persons who are to be the secretary or joint secretaries of the company.\n(2) For the required information in relation to proposed secretaries or joint secretaries, see sections 279J and 279K.\n(3) The statement must also include a statement by the company that the person named as secretary, or each of the persons named as joint secretaries, has consented to act in the relevant capacity.\nIf all the partners in a firm are to be joint secretaries, consent may be given by one partner on behalf of all of them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 95(1) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 24(2); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 95(2) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 24(3); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 95(3) substituted (10.10.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 100(3), 164(1) (with s. 100(6)); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 90-96 applied (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 12(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 90-96 applied (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. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/95",
    "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."
}