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England and Wales commercial and regulatory procedures

When must a company report a director appointment or cessation?

Fourteen days beginning with that event day. Give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

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Period
Fourteen days beginning with that event day
Trigger
Person becomes or ceases to be a director
Rule
Companies Act 2006, section 167G
Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Companies Act 2006, section 167G. The retained source governs give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

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Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event. The actual person becomes or ceases to be a director and required completion must be established before using a final date.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

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When must a company report a director appointment or cessation?

Fourteen days beginning with that event day. Give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

Responsible actor. Company.

Person becomes or ceases to be a director.

Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

How does this provision count time?

  1. Give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements.
  2. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event.
  3. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event.

The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event. The actual person becomes or ceases to be a director and required completion must be established before using a final date.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The company has established the applicable procedure and person becomes or ceases to be a director. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements. Give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. Fourteen days beginning with that event day. No computed final date is supplied.

A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event.

A proposed director is named in the incorporation statement. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements. Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Applicable procedure and actual event
Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.
Counting and completion boundary
The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event.
Companies Act 2006, section 167G
  • Incorporation appointments named in the initial statement have a specific exclusion. An individual appointment requires the current identity-verification and eligibility statements.
  • Company. Person becomes or ceases to be a director. Give the registrar the section 167G notice and required appointment statements. The event day is included under section 167G(6). Appointment and cessation must each use the true effective event.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

When must a company report a director appointment or cessation?

Does fourteen days begin the following day?

No. Section 167G(6) includes the appointment or cessation day.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Are incorporation appointments treated identically?

Section 167G(5) excludes the specified appointment already named in the incorporation statement.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

What date must the notice state?

The actual date the person became or ceased to be a director.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Does an individual appointment require verified identity?

The current section 167G(3) requires the relevant identity-verification statement.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Does a proposed appointment start the period?

Use when the person actually becomes a director.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Does this also govern changing an existing director address?

Changes in required particulars fall under section 167H.

Companies Act 2006, section 167G

Official sources and review

Provisions used (1)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Companies Act 2006, section 167GCheck the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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