Section 27 | Registrar's notice to comply in case of failure with respect to amended articles

(1)If it appears to the registrar that a company has failed to comply with any enactment requiring it—

(a)to send to the registrar a document making or evidencing an alteration in the company's articles, or

(b)to send to the registrar a copy of the company's articles as amended,

the registrar may give notice to the company requiring it to comply.

(2)The notice must—

(a)state the date on which it is issued, and

(b)require the company to comply within 28 days from that date.

(3)If the company complies with the notice within the specified time, no criminal proceedings may be brought in respect of the failure to comply with the enactment mentioned in subsection (1).

(4)If the company does not comply with the notice within the specified time, it is liable to a civil penalty of £200.This is in addition to any liability to criminal proceedings in respect of the failure mentioned in subsection (1).

(5)The penalty may be recovered by the registrar and is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.