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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registered-office-address-rectification-of-register-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348255645",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registered-office-address-rectification-of-register-regulations-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide the registrar of companies with power, on application and on the registrar’s own motion, to change a company’s registered office address to a “default address” if the registrar is satisfied that the address is not an “appropriate address” within the meaning of section 86 of the Companies Act 2006 (c.46).\nPart 2 requires the registrar to nominate a default address for the purposes of these Regulations.\nPart 3 provides for applications to be made to the registrar to change a company’s registered office address and the notice to be given about the application.\nPart 4 provides for the registrar to change a company’s registered office address after having given prior notice to the company.\nPart 5 provides for the registrar to change a company’s registered office address without giving prior notice.\nPart 6 provides for the registrar to be able to change a registered office address from one default address to another default address.\nPart 7 provides for appeals against the registrar’s decisions under these Regulations.\nPart 8 provides for the effect of changing a company’s registered office address to a default address nominated by the registrar.\nPart 9 establishes a criminal offence for a company and any officer in default where the company does not change its registered office address to an appropriate address within a certain period. Part 9 also establishes a power for the registrar to initiate strike-off proceedings against the company in these circumstances, and makes provision about the restoration of a struck-off company.\nPart 10 revokes the Companies (Address of Registered Office) 2016 Regulations (S.I. 2016/423) and contains transitional provision.\nNo impact assessment has been prepared in connection with these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348255645/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:57.279862+00:00"
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  "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."
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