Amendments proposed to the Company Law Reform Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

14

Clause     29,     page     11,     line     42,     at end insert—

    '(3)   Reference to a resolution in subsection (1) above, shall not include any document referred to in such a resolution.'.


   

David Howarth
Lorely Burt
Mark Hunter

182

Clause     30,     page     12,     line     16,     at end add—

    '(5)   Resolutions or agreements under section 29(1)(b) to (d) shall not be enforceable unless recorded by the registrar.'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

15

Clause     31,     page     12,     line     19,     after 'a', insert 'public'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

16

Clause     32,     page     12,     line     40,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '(1)   The objects of every company shall be unrestricted'.

   

Margaret Hodge

87

Clause     32,     page     13,     line     1,     leave out 'alters' and insert 'amends'.

   

Margaret Hodge

88

Clause     32,     page     13,     line     5,     leave out 'alteration' and insert 'amendment'.

   

Margaret Hodge

89

Clause     32,     page     13,     line     6,     leave out 'alteration' and insert 'amendment'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

18

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     18,     after 'company', insert 'with a share capital'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

20

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     18,     after 'member,', insert 'within 7 days,'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

17

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     18,     leave out from second 'a' to 'current' in line 32.

   

Margaret Hodge

90

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     20,     leave out 'incorporating any alterations made to them".

   

Margaret Hodge

91

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     22,     leave out 'copies' and insert 'a copy'.

   

Margaret Hodge

92

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     29,     at end insert—

      '( ) a copy of any document required to be sent to the registrar under—

      (i) section 35(2) (notice where company's constitution altered by enactment), or

      (ii) section 36(2)(a) (notice where order of court or other authority alters company's constitution);'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

19

Clause     33,     page     13,     line     33,     leave out from 'capital;' to end of line 35.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

21

Clause     34,     page     14,     line     8,     after 'part', insert 'of the company and'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

184

Clause     40,     page     16,     line     9,     after 'enquire', insert ' as to whether it is permitted by the company's memorandum or'.


   

Margaret Hodge

93

Clause     44,     page     18,     line     28,     leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

    '(2)   A document is validly executed by a company if it is signed on behalf of the company—

      (a) by two authorised signatories, or

      (b) by one authorised signatory in the presence of a witness who attests the signature.

    For the meaning of "authorised signatory", see section (Authorised signatories).

    (3)   A document signed in accordance with subsection (2) and expressed, in whatever words, to be executed by the company has the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company.'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

51

Clause     44,     page     18,     line     34,     leave out 'In the case of a public company'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

52

Clause     44,     page     18,     line     34,     after 'executed', insert 'by a company'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

53

Clause     44,     page     18,     line     36,     at end insert 'who shall not be the same person'.

   

Margaret Hodge

94

Clause     44,     page     18,     line     41,     leave out 'or (3)'.

   

Margaret Hodge

95

Clause     44,     page     19,     line     4,     leave out 'a director or the secretary' and insert 'an authorised signatory'.

   

Margaret Hodge

96

Clause     44,     page     19,     line     8,     leave out from beginning to 'is' in line 9 and insert 'an authorised signatory are to be read, in a case where the signature is that of a director or secretary and that office'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

54

Clause     44,     page     19,     line     13,     after 'company', insert ', and a document executed in accordance with this section by a company properly acting on behalf of another person has the same effect as if duly executed by that other person in its own name or on its own behalf.'.


   

Margaret Hodge

97

Clause     45,     page     19,     line     25,     at end insert—

    '(6)   This section does not form part of the law of Scotland.'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

55

Page     19,     line     14,     leave out Clause 45.


   

Margaret Hodge

98

Clause     46,     page     19,     line     29,     before first 'if' insert 'and for the purposes of the law of Northern Ireland'.


   

Margaret Hodge

99

Clause     47,     page     19,     line     36,     leave out 'writing under its common seal' and insert 'instrument in writing'.


   

Margaret Hodge

100

Clause     48,     page     20,     line     5,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

56

Clause     48,     page     20,     line     5,     after 'director', insert 'or secretary'.


   

David Howarth
Lorely Burt
Mark Hunter

183

Clause     52,     page     21,     line     17,     at end insert 'but he may not enforce the contract against any person who did not know, and who had reasonable grounds for not knowing, that the company had not yet been formed and for whom the identity or characteristics of the other party to the contract would have been a relevant consideration in entering into the contract'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

116

Clause     56,     page     22,     line     24,     leave out 'registered' and insert 'incorporated'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

117

Clause     56,     page     22,     line     24,     after 'includes', insert ', or change its name to a name that includes,'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

118

Clause     57,     page     22,     line     38,     after 'name', insert 'and in the absence of the applicant receiving any response by the specified department or other body within 30 days of its receipt of such a request, the specified department or other body shall be deemed to have confirmed that it has no objection to the proposed name'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

119

Clause     57,     page     22,     line     43,     after 'received', insert 'or include a statement that no such response was received within the time period referred to in subsection (2)'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

120

Clause     57,     page     23,     line     6,     after 'received', insert 'or must include a statement that no such response was received within the time period referred to in subsection (2)'.


   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

121

Clause     58,     page     23,     line     18,     leave out 'registered' and insert 'incorporated'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

122

Clause     58,     page     23,     line     18,     leave out 'by' and insert 'with'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

123

Clause     58,     page     23,     line     19,     after 'includes', insert ', or change its name to a name that consists of or includes,'.

   

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Crispin Blunt
James Brokenshire

57

Clause     58,     page     23,     line     21,     at end insert—

    '( )   Regulations under this section shall not require a company to change its name.'.



 
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