Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005
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Amendment of section 12B of Companies (Amendment) Act 1982. |
65.—Section 12B of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1982 (inserted by the Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1999 ) is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (8): | |
“(8A) For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 12 of this Act where— | ||
(a) a company does not, for 20 or more consecutive years, make an annual return required by section 125 of the Principal Act, and | ||
(b) no notice of the situation of the registered office of the company has been given to the registrar of companies as required by section 113 of the Principal Act, | ||
the registrar of companies may, instead of sending, in accordance with the said subsection (1), a registered letter to the company stating that he proposes to take the course of action mentioned in that subsection in relation to the company, publish a notice in the Companies Registration Office Gazette stating that he proposes to take that course of action in relation to the company, and where the registrar publishes such a notice the reference in subsection (2) of section 12 of this Act to the sending of a letter of the foregoing kind shall be construed as a reference to the publishing of that notice.”. |