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Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

893

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

registered’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  305

 

Page  63,  line  39  [Clause  141],  leave out from ‘of’ to ‘and’ in line 42 and insert ‘or

 

has access to a regulated market,’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  223

 

Page  64,  line  18  [Clause  141],  leave out ‘236’ and insert ‘235’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  306

 

Page  64,  line  20  [Clause  141],  leave out paragraph (c).

 


 

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 12

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Negatived  358

 

Page  128,  line  21  [Clause  270],  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsections (3) and

 

(4)’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  359

 

Page  128,  line  21  [Clause  270],  at end insert ‘but may at its discretion appoint a

 

secretary (or joint secretaries)’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  771

 

Page  128,  line  21  [Clause  270],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

References in the Companies Acts to a private company “without a secretary” are

 

to a private company that for the time being is taking advantage of the exemption

 

in subsection (1); and references to a private company “with a secretary” shall be

 

construed accordingly.’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

894

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  772

 

Page  128,  line  22  [Clause  270],  after ‘company’ insert ‘without a secretary’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  360

 

Page  128,  line  22  [Clause  270],  after ‘company’, insert ‘not having a secretary’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  361

 

Page  128,  line  32  [Clause  270],  at end insert­—

 

‘(3)    

In the event that a company is not entitled to the exemption conferred by section

 

485(1) (small companies conditions for exemption from audit) in respect of its

 

last completed financial year, the company shall be required to appoint a

 

company secretary within three months of the date that the directors first became

 

aware that such exemption would not be available to the company.

 

(4)    

In the event that subsection (3) shall apply, the relevant company shall be

 

required to have a company secretary until such time as the company satisfies the

 

conditions contained in subsections (2) or (3) of section 485.’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not selected  362

 

Page  128,  line  35  [Clause  272],  leave out ‘public’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  363

 

Page  128,  line  36  [Clause  272],  leave out ‘public’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

895

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  364

 

Page  128,  line  36  [Clause  272],  at end insert ‘section 270 or’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  773

 

Page  130,  line  7  [Clause  274],  leave out ‘a public’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  365

 

Page  130,  line  7  [Clause  274],  leave out ‘public company’ and insert ‘company

 

required to have a secretary under section 270 or 271’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  366

 

Page  130,  line  15  [Clause  275],  leave out ‘public’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  261

 

Page  130,  line  19  [Clause  275],  leave out from ‘company’ to end of line 20 and

 

insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The register must be kept available for inspection—

 

(a)    

at the company’s registered office, or

 

(b)    

at a place specified in regulations under section (Regulations about

 

where certain company records to be kept available for inspection).’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  262

 

Page  130,  line  20  [Clause  275],  at end insert—

 

‘(2B)    

The company must give notice to the registrar—

 

(a)    

of the place at which the register is kept available for inspection, and

 

(b)    

of any change in that place,

 

    

unless it has at all times been kept at the company’s registered office.’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

896

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  263

 

Page  130,  line  24  [Clause  275],  leave out ‘or (2)’ and insert ‘, (2) or (2A), or if

 

default is made for 14 days in complying with subsection (2B)’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  264

 

Page  130,  line  25  [Clause  275],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (3)’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  367

 

Page  130,  line  36  [Clause  276],  leave out ‘public’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  776

 

Page  130,  line  36  [Clause  276],  leave out from ‘from’ to ‘any’ in line 38 and

 

insert—

 

‘(a)    

a person becoming or ceasing to be its secretary or one of its joint

 

secretaries, or

 

(b)    

the occurrence of’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  368

 

Page  131,  line  10  [Clause  277],  leave out ‘public’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  304

 

Page  131,  line  30  [Clause  277],  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  441

 

Page  131,  line  36  [Clause  278],  leave out ‘public’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

897

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  369

 

Page  132,  line  19  [Clause  279],  leave out ‘public’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  370

 

Page  132,  line  22  [Clause  280],  leave out ‘In the case of a public company,’.

 


 

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 13 

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  728

 

Page  132,  line  28,  leave out Clause 281.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  24

 

Page  132,  line  29  [Clause  281],  at beginning insert—

 

‘( )    

An authorised corporate signatory is a person who, by virtue of his office, is

 

authorised to sign documents of any description on behalf of the company.’.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  371

 

Page  132,  line  31  [Clause  281],  leave out ‘in the case of a public company,’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

898

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  25

 

Page  132,  line  34  [Clause  281],  leave out subsection (2).

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  729

 

Page  133,  line  1,  leave out Clause 282.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  372

 

Page  133,  line  3  [Clause  282],  leave out ‘, in the case of a public company,’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  373

 

Page  133,  line  8,  leave out Clause 283.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  731

 

Page  133,  line  18,  leave out Clause 284.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  374

 

Page  133,  line  28  [Clause  284],  after ‘company,’, insert—

 

‘(aa)    

in the case of a private company which has appointed a company

 

secretary, that its secretary (or any of its joint secretaries) are also

 

authorised signatories in relation to the company,’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 18th October 2006              

899

 

Companies Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  732

 

Page  134,  line  3,  leave out Clause 285.

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  375

 

Page  134,  line  7  [Clause  285],  at end insert ‘provided that in the case of a director

 

or secretary of the company this requirement shall be satisfied by the insertion of the

 

statement set out in section 284(3)(b).’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  733

 

Page  134,  line  29,  leave out Clause 286.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  734

 

Page  134,  line  35,  leave out Clause 287.

 


 

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 4

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  818

 

Page  17,  line  40  [Clause  41],  leave out from ‘(ii)’ to end of line 43.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  207

 

Page  17,  line  41  [Clause  41],  leave out second ‘such’ and insert ‘an’.

 


 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  723

 

Page  19,  line  9  [Clause  44],  leave out ‘one authorised signatory’ and insert ‘a

 

director of the company’.

 

Mr Secretary Darling

 

Agreed to  724

 

Page  19  [Clause  44],  leave out line 11 and insert—

 

‘( )    

The following are “authorised signatories” for the purposes of subsection (2)—


 
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