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Legislation
Companies Act 2006

Crossheading The register

  • Section 1080 The register
  • Section 1081 Annotation of the register
  • Section 1081A Registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc
  • Section 1082 Allocation of unique identifiers
  • Section 1083 Preservation of original documents
  • Section 1084 Records relating to companies that have been dissolved etc
  • Section 1084A Recording of optional information on register
  1. The register
  2. The register

Section 1080 | The register

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)The registrar shall continue to keep records of—

(a)the information contained in documents delivered to the registrar under any enactment,, andF1

(b)certificates issued by the registrar under any enactment.F1

(2)The records relating to companies are referred to collectively in the Companies Acts as “the register”.

(3)Information deriving from an enhanced disclosure document (see section 1078) delivered to the registrar, must be kept by the registrar in electronic form.F2

(4)Subject to that, information contained in documents delivered to the registrar may be recorded and kept in any form the registrar thinks fit, provided it is possible to inspect it and produce a copy of it.This is sufficient compliance with any duty of the registrar to keep, file or register the document or to record the information contained in it.

(5)The records kept by the registrar must be such that information relating to a company or other registered body is associated with that body, in such manner as the registrar may determine, so as to enable all the information relating to the body to be retrieved.F3F4F5

Notes

  1. F1

    S. 1080(1)(b) and word substituted for s. 1080(1)(b)(c) (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 10(2)

  2. F2

    Words in s. 1080(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 20; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  3. F3

    Words in s. 1080(5) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 10(3)(a)

  4. F4

    Words in s. 1080(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 10(3)(b)

  5. F5

    Words in s. 1080(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 10(3)(c)

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