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England and Wales commercial and regulatory procedures

When must a strike-off applicant notify company stakeholders?

Within seven days from the application day. Secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

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Period
Within seven days from the application day
Trigger
Making the section 1003 application
Rule
Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007
Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007. The retained source governs secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

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Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis. The actual making the section 1003 application and required completion must be established before using a final date.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

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When must a strike-off applicant notify company stakeholders?

Within seven days from the application day. Secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

Responsible actor. Person making the voluntary strike-off application for the company.

Making the section 1003 application.

Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

How does this provision count time?

  1. Secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder.
  2. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis.
  3. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis.

Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis. The actual making the section 1003 application and required completion must be established before using a final date.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The person making the voluntary strike-off application for the company has established the applicable procedure and making the section 1003 application. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions. Secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Within seven days from the application day. No computed final date is supplied.

A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis.

The application is withdrawn before the copying period ends. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions. Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Applicable procedure and actual event
Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.
Counting and completion boundary
Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis.
Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007
  • Section 1006 lists members, employees, creditors, directors and pension trustees or managers. Applying directors and withdrawal before expiry have specific exceptions.
  • Person making the voluntary strike-off application for the company. Making the section 1003 application. Secure delivery of a copy to every qualifying stakeholder. Use the actual application event and each required recipient. Later new stakeholders require separate section 1007 analysis.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

When must a strike-off applicant notify company stakeholders?

Does filing the application replace notice to creditors?

No. Section 1006 imposes a separate copying duty.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Which stakeholders are included?

The categories listed in section 1006(1), assessed on the application day.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Must an applying director receive another copy?

Subsection(2) excludes a director who is party to the application.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

What if the application is withdrawn promptly?

Subsection(3) ends this duty where withdrawal occurs before the copying period expires.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Are later stakeholders ignored?

No. Section 1007 contains a separate subsequent-notification duty.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Who bears the copying obligation?

The person making the application on the company’s behalf.

Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007

Official sources and review

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ProvisionPurpose
Companies Act 2006, sections 1006–1007Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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