Section 853A | Duty to deliver confirmation statements F1
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(1)Every company must, before the end of the period of 14 days after the end of each review period, deliver to the registrar—
(a)such information as is necessary to ensure that the company is able to make the statement referred to in paragraph (b), and
(b)a statement (a “confirmation statement”) confirming—F2
(i)that the company has delivered to the registrar, or is delivering to the registrar at the same time as the confirmation statement, all of the information that it is required to deliver in relation to the confirmation period concerned under any duty to notify a relevant event (see ),F2
(ii)that the company is delivering to the registrar at the same time as the confirmation statement any information that it is required to deliver by virtue of a duty imposed by any of sections to , andF2
(iii)in the case of a company’s first statement under this paragraph, that the company has delivered to the registrar, or is delivering to the registrar at the same time as the confirmation statement, any information that it is required to deliver under section , or (pre-incorporation changes).F2
(2)RepealedF3
(3)In this Part “confirmation period”—
(a)in relation to a company's first confirmation statement, means the period beginning with the day of the company's incorporation and ending with the date specified in the statement (“the confirmation date”);
(b)in relation to any other confirmation statement of a company, means the period beginning with the day after the confirmation date of the last such statement and ending with the confirmation date of the confirmation statement concerned.
(4)The confirmation date of a confirmation statement must be no later than the last day of the review period concerned.
(5)For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a review period—
(a)the period of 12 months beginning with the day of the company's incorporation;
(b)each period of 12 months beginning with the day after the end of the previous review period.
(6)But where a company delivers a confirmation statement with a confirmation date which is earlier than the last day of the review period concerned, the next review period is the period of 12 months beginning with the day after the confirmation date.
(7)For the purpose of making a confirmation statement a company is entitled to assume that information that has been delivered to the registrar has been properly delivered unless the registrar has notified the company otherwise.F4