(1) A private company is not required to have a secretary.
(2) References in the Companies Acts to a private company "without a secretary" are to a private company that for the time being is taking advantage of the exemption in subsection (1); and references to a private company "with a secretary" shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In the case of a private company without a secretary -
(a) anything authorised or required to be given or sent to, or served on, the company by being sent to its secretary -
(i) may be given or sent to, or served on, the company itself, and
(ii) if addressed to the secretary shall be treated as addressed to the company; and
(b) anything else required or authorised to be done by or to the secretary of the company may be done by or to -
(ii) a person authorised generally or specifically in that behalf by the directors.