# The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked), Article 17: Provisions supplementing Articles 15 and 16

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a company passes a resolution altering its objects, then—
(a) if with respect to the resolution no application is made under Article 16, the company shall within 15 days from the end of the period for making such an application deliver to the registrar a printed copy of its memorandum as altered; and
(b) if such an application is made, the company shall—
(i) forthwith give notice (in the prescribed form) of that fact to the registrar, and
(ii) within 15 days from the date of any order cancelling or confirming the alteration, deliver to the registrar an office copy of the order and, in the case of an order confirming the alteration, a printed copy of the memorandum as altered.
(2) The court may by order at any time extend the time for the delivery of documents to the registrar under paragraph (1)(b) for such period as the court may think proper.
(3) If a company makes default in giving notice or delivering any document to the registrar as required by paragraph (1), the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
(4) The validity of an alteration of a company's memorandum with respect to the objects of the company shall not be questioned on the ground that it was not authorised by Article 15, except in proceedings taken for the purpose (whether under Article 16 or otherwise) before the expiration of 21 days after the date of the resolution in that behalf.
(5) Where such proceedings are taken otherwise than under Article 16, paragraphs (1) to (3) apply in relation to the proceedings as if they had been taken under that Article and as if an order declaring the alteration invalid were an order cancelling it, and as if an order dismissing the proceedings were an order confirming the alteration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-17
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