# The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked), Paragraph 8

Extent: N.I.

(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
(a) a company's return under paragraph 1(1) includes a statement to the effect mentioned in paragraph 1(3)(b), and
(b) the statement ceases to be true so far as concerns the documents specified in paragraph 5.
(2) The company shall, within the time specified in sub-paragraph (3), deliver to the registrar for registration in respect of the branch to which the return relates—
(a) the documents specified in paragraph 5, or
(b) a return in the prescribed form—
(i) containing a statement to the effect that those documents are included in the material which is registered in respect of another branch of the company in the United Kingdom, and
(ii) stating where the other branch is registered and what is its registered number.
(3) The time for complying with sub-paragraph (2) is 21 days after the date on which notice of the fact that the statement in the earlier return has ceased to be true could have been received in Northern Ireland in due course of post (if despatched with due diligence).
(4) Sub-paragraph (2) shall also apply where, after a company has made a return under sub-paragraph (2)(b), the statement to the effect mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i) ceases to be true.
(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), where the company has more than one branch in Northern Ireland a return which gives the branch numbers of two or more such branches shall be treated as a return in respect of each branch whose number is given.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/schedule/20A/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/schedule-20A/paragraph-8
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