A Guide To The Companies Act 2006 - Part 2.
Mondaq Business Briefing › Nbr. 2007, January 2007
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A Guide To The Companies Act 2006 - Part 2.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
As the intentions of the Act include modernising company law and saving businesses money the provisions relating to the use of electronic communications were among the first parts of the Act to come into force in January 2007. Business Stationery Since 1 January 2007, the requirement for a company to clearly state its name on all its business paper has been extended to include documents in electronic as well as hard copy form. On their websites companies must show their place of registration, registered office and registered number. All business letters, order forms or invoices, whether in hard copy or electronic form, and all websites of companies in liquidation must contain a statement that the company is being wound up. Further requirements relating to trading disclosures, including lettering to be legible, where and how the company name is to be displayed, particulars required in business letters (including particulars of directors) and availability of company records, are contained in the (currently draft) Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008 coming into force in 2008. Electronic Filing Also from 1 January 2007, companies are now able to file electronically all the basic company documents that they are required to file with Companies House and the Registrar must keep all documents submitted in electronic form. Any person wishing to inspect the register may make a request to Companies House electronically and the Registrar must offer electronic copies of the requested documents. Electronic Communication The Act extends the use of electronic and website communications to all provisions requiring documents or information to be sent or supplied to or by a company [s 1143 - 1148]. These provisions came...See the full content of this document
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