Paragraph 10

(1)

Subject to the following provisions, an existing company need not comply with any provision of the Companies Act 2006 requiring the company's register of directors or secretaries to contain particulars additional to those required by the 1985 Act or the 1986 Order until the earlier of—

(a)

the date to which the company makes up its first annual return made up to a date on or after 1st October 2009, and

(b)

the last date to which the company should have made up that return.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a director or secretary of whom particulars are first registered on or after 1st October 2009 (whether the director or secretary was appointed before, on or after that date).

(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) ceases to apply in relation to a director or secretary whose registered particulars fall to be altered on or after 1st October 2009 because they have changed (whether the change occurred before, on or after that date).

(4)

This paragraph does not affect the particulars required to be included in the company's annual return.