Article 26 Electronic statement concerning establishment of place of business in Great Britain

Section 691 of the 1985 Act (documents to be delivered to registrar)^f1 is amended as follows.

At the beginning of sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), insert the words “subject to subsection (3A),”.

Insert the following subsection after subsection (3)—

“(3A)

In place of the statutory declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), there may be delivered to the registrar of companies using electronic communications a statement made by any person by whom the declaration could have been made stating the date on which the company’s place of business in Great Britain was established.”

Insert the following subsection after subsection (4)—

“(4A)

Any person who makes a false statement under subsection (3A) which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.”