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Regulation 40 Duty to file accounts

Sections 441 and 442 of the Companies Act 2006 apply in relation to a company to which this Chapter applies, modified so that they read as follows -

"441 Duty to file accounts with the registrar

(1) The directors of a company must deliver to the registrar for each financial year a copy of the company’s annual accounts and such other reports as are required to be prepared.

(2) The copy of the balance sheet delivered to the registrar under this section must state the name of the person who signed it on behalf of the board.

(3) The directors required by this section to deliver accounts must deliver them in respect of each UK establishment that it has at the end of that year, subject as follows.

(4) Subsection (3) does not require the delivery of accounts in respect of an establishment if -

(a) a return under the Overseas Companies Regulations in respect of that establishment has stated the intention to file accounts in respect of another UK establishment (giving the registered number of that establishment), and

(b) the accounts are delivered in respect of that establishment before the end of the period allowed for doing so.

442 Period allowed for filing accounts

(1) This section specifies the period allowed for directors of a company to comply with their obligation under section 441 to deliver accounts for a financial year to the registrar.