# The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked), Article 656A: The keeping of company records by the registrar

Extent: N.I.

(1) The information contained in a document delivered to the registrar under the Companies Orders may be recorded and kept by him in any form he thinks fit, provided it is possible to inspect the information and to produce a copy of it in legible form.
This is sufficient compliance with any duty of his to keep, file or register the document.
(2) The originals of documents delivered to the registrar in legible form shall be kept by him for ten years, after which they may be destroyed.
(3) Where a company has been dissolved, the registrar may, at any time after the expiration of two years from the date of the dissolution, direct that any records in his custody relating to the company may be removed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland; and records in respect of which such a direction is given shall be disposed of in accordance with the statutory provisions relating to that Office.
(4 ) In paragraph (3) “company” includes a company provisionally or completely registered under the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/656A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-656A
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