Section 79 Power to reject documents for inconsistenciesI1I2

After section 1073 of the Companies Act 2006 insert—

“Power to reject documents for discrepancies

1073A

(1)

The registrar may refuse to accept (and register) a document if—

(a)

it appears to the registrar to be inconsistent with other information that is held by or available to the registrar, and

(b)

in light of the inconsistency, the registrar has reasonable grounds to doubt whether it complies with any requirement as to its contents.

(2)

A document is refused by giving notice of the refusal to the person by whom the document was delivered to the registrar.

(3)

A document that is refused by the registrar is treated for the purposes of any provision authorising or requiring its delivery as not having been delivered.”