(1)Section 1097A of the Companies Act 2006 (rectification of register relating to a company’s registered office) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) substitute -
"(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision authorising or requiring the registrar to change the address of a company’s registered office if satisfied that it is not an appropriate address within the meaning given by section 86(2).
(1A) The regulations may authorise or require the address to be changed on the registrar’s own motion or on an application by another person."
(3) Omit subsection (2).
(4) In subsection (3) -
(a) after paragraph (b) insert -
"(ba) the registrar requiring the company or an applicant to provide information for the purposes of determining anything under the regulations,";
(b) in paragraph (c), for "and of its outcome" substitute "or that the registrar is considering the exercise of powers under the regulations";
(c) after paragraph (c) insert -
"(ca) the notice to be g
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