(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1059A (scheme of Part 35), in subsection (3), at the appropriate place insert -
"sections 1098A to 1098H (authorised corporate service providers),".
(3) In section 1087 (material not available for public inspection), in subsection (1), after paragraph (ga) insert -
"(gb) any application or other document delivered to the registrar under section 1098B, 1098D or 1098E or regulations under section 1098G (authorised corporate service providers);".
(4) After section 1098 insert -
"Authorised corporate service providers
1098A Meaning of "authorised corporate service provider"
In this Act "authorised corporate service provider" means a person -
(a) whose application to the registrar to become an authorised corporate service provider for the purposes of this Act has been granted (see section 1098B),
(b) who has not since ceased to be an authorised corporate service provider by virtue of section 1098F, and
(c) whose status as an a
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