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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. A188A:"After Clause 680, insert the following new clause—" ““REGISTRAR’S REQUIREMENTS (1)   The registrar may impose requirements as to the form, authentication and manner of delivery of documents required or authorised to be delivered to the registrar under any enactment. (2)   Where a document required or authorised to be delivered to the registrar under any enactment is required— (a)   to be certified as an accurate translation, or (b)   to be certified as a correct copy or verified, the registrar may impose requirements as to the person, or description of person, by whom the certificate or verification is to be given. The power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable in relation to the certificate or verification as if it were a separate document. (3)   As regards the form of the document, the registrar may— (a)   require the contents of the document to be in a standard form; (b)   impose requirements for the purpose of enabling the document to be scanned or copied. (4)   As regards authentication, the registrar may— (a)   require the document to be authenticated by a particular person or a person of a particular description; (b)   specify the means of authentication of any information which any relevant enactment or the registrar requires to be authenticated; (c)   require the document to contain or be accompanied by the name or registered number of the company to which it relates (or both). (5)   As regards the manner of delivery, the registrar may specify requirements as to— (a)   the physical form of the document (for example, hard copy or electronic form); (b)   the means to be used for delivering the document (for example, by post or electronic means); (c)   the address to which the document is to be sent; (d)   in the case of a document to be delivered by electronic means, the hardware and software to be used, and technical specifications (for example, matters relating to protocol, security, anti-virus protection or encryption). (6)   The registrar must secure that as from 1st January 2007 all documents subject to the Directive disclosure requirements (see section 690) may be delivered to the registrar by electronic means. (7)   The power conferred by this section does not authorise the registrar to require documents to be delivered by electronic means (see section 681). (8)   Requirements imposed under this section must not be inconsistent with requirements imposed by any enactment for the purposes of the provision requiring or authorising the delivery of the document to the registrar.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. On Question, Whether Clause 681 shall stand part of the Bill?