{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-642",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-642.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1986/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked",
  "path": "article/642",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "642",
  "heading": "Registration of altered particulars",
  "text": "(1) If any alteration is made in—\n(a) the charter, statutes, or memorandum and articles of a Part XXIII company or any such instrument as is mentioned in Article 641, or\n(b) the directors or secretary of a Part XXIII company or the particulars contained in the list of the directors and secretary, or\n(c) the names or addresses of the persons authorised to accept service on behalf of a Part XXIII company,\nthe company shall, within the time specified in paragraph (3), deliver to the registrar for registration a return containing the prescribed particulars of the alteration.\n(2) If any change is made in the corporate name of a Part XXIII company, the company shall within the time specified in paragraph (3) deliver to the registrar for registration a return containing the prescribed particulars of the change.\n(3) The time for delivery of the returns required by paragraphs (1) and (2) is—\n(a) in the case of an alteration to which paragraph (1)(c) applies, 21 days after the making of the alteration, and\n(b) otherwise, 21 days after the date on which notice of the alteration or change in question could have been received in Northern Ireland in due course of post (if despatched with due diligence).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/642",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:35.100869+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."
}