Electronic and hard copy communications to a company

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Practice notes

Electronic and hard copy communications to a company

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Practice notes
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The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) sets out how documents or information can be validly sent or supplied to a company (as defined).

For information on communications sent or supplied by a company, see Practice Notes: Electronic communications from a company and Hard copy communications from a company.

Transitional provisions

The statutory provisions relating specifically to communications to a company came into force on 20 January 2007, with the exception of CA 2006, s 333A which came into effect on 3 August 2009.

Means of communication

Documents or information to be sent or supplied to a company must be sent or supplied in accordance with the provisions of CA 2006, Sch 4.

A person may send or supply a document (as defined) or information to a company:

  1. in hard copy form

  2. in electronic form, or

  3. in any other form or manner agreed by the company

Communications in hard copy form

Meaning of ‘hard copy form’

A document or information is sent or supplied in hard copy form if

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Registered office definition
What does Registered office mean?

As required by CA 2006, s 86 a company must at all times have a registered office to which all communications and notices may be addressed.

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