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When can a company apply for administrative restoration?

Application received no later than six years from dissolution. Deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

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Application received no later than six years from dissolution
Trigger
Dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off
Rule
Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025
Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025. The retained source governs deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

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Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days. The actual dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off and required completion must be established before using a final date.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

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When can a company apply for administrative restoration?

Application received no later than six years from dissolution. Deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

Responsible actor. Former director or former member.

Dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off.

Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

How does this provision count time?

  1. Deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar.
  2. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days.
  3. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days.

The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days. The actual dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off and required completion must be established before using a final date.

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The former director or former member has established the applicable procedure and dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions. Deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. Application received no later than six years from dissolution. No computed final date is supplied.

A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days.

A former member seeks restoration after a voluntary section 1003 strike-off. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions. Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Applicable procedure and actual event
Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.
Counting and completion boundary
The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days.
Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025
  • Section 1024 covers specified registrar strike-offs, not every voluntary dissolution. Section 1025 adds operation, bona-vacantia consent, records and payment conditions.
  • Former director or former member. Dissolution after an eligible registrar strike-off. Deliver an eligible administrative-restoration application to the registrar. The Act deems the application made when the registrar receives it. Six years cannot be replaced by 2190 days.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

When can a company apply for administrative restoration?

Who may use administrative restoration?

A former director or former member under section 1024(3).

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Does voluntary strike-off automatically qualify?

No. Section 1024(1) identifies the eligible registrar strike-off powers.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Does posting before expiry establish timely application?

Section 1024(4) uses receipt by the registrar.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Is six years a 2190-day count?

No. Establish the actual statutory calendar-year interval.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Can bona-vacantia property create another condition?

Yes. Section 1025 requires the applicable Crown representative’s written consent.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Does a timely application alone guarantee restoration?

No. The substantive conditions in section 1025 must also be satisfied.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025

Official sources and review

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ProvisionPurpose
Companies Act 2006, sections 1024–1025Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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