Companies
(Amendment No. 7) (Jersey) Regulations 2013
Made 20th March 2013
Coming into force 27th
March 2013
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 85A and 220 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations, the “Law”
means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991[2].
2 Article 7
amended
In Article 7 of the Law –
(a) in paragraph (3),
after the word “director” in the first place in which it occurs,
there shall be inserted the words “who is a natural person”;
(b) after
paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs –
“(3A) Where the company is a public company, the
statement shall specify the following particulars with respect to each of its
directors which is a corporate director –
(a) the name under which the corporate director
is registered;
(b) the address of the corporate
director’s registered office;
(c) where the corporate director is not a
company registered in Jersey, the country or territory in which the corporate
director is registered; and
(d) the registered number (if any) of the
corporate director.
(a) ‘corporate director’ means a
body corporate fulfilling the requirements of Article 73(4); and
(b) with respect to a corporate director which
is not a company registered in Jersey, ‘registered’ shall be
construed as reference to registration, or an equivalent procedure, under the
laws governing incorporation in the jurisdiction in which the corporate
director is incorporated.”.
3 Article 73
amended
In Article 73 of the Law, in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4)
after the word “company” there shall be inserted the words “,
wherever incorporated,”.
4 Article 84
amended
(1) For
the heading to Article 84 of the Law there shall be substituted the
following heading –
“Particulars of directors: natural
persons”.
(2) For
the words beginning “Subject to” and preceding sub-paragraph (a)
in Article 84 of the Law, there shall be substituted the following words –
“The register kept by a
company under Article 83 shall contain the following particulars with
respect to each director who is a natural person –”.
5 Article 84A
inserted
After Article 84 of the Law, there shall be inserted the
following Article –
“84A Particulars
of directors: corporate directors
(1) The register kept by a company under Article 83
shall contain the following particulars with respect to each corporate director –
(a) in the case of a corporate director which is
a company registered in Jersey, the company’s name and registered number
and the address of its registered office;
(b) in the case of any other corporate director,
its corporate name, the place where it is incorporated, its registered number
(if any) and the address of its registered office in that place; and
(c) in either case, the date on which the
corporate director became (and, where appropriate, the date on which it ceased
to be) a director.
(a) ‘corporate director’ means a
body corporate fulfilling the requirements of Article 73(4); and
(b) with respect to a corporate director which
is not a company registered in Jersey, ‘registered’ shall be
construed as reference to registration, or an equivalent procedure, under the
laws governing incorporation in the jurisdiction in which the corporate
director is incorporated.”.
6 Consequential
amendments
(1) In Article 71(1)(e)
of the Law, for the words “Article 84” there shall be
substituted the words “Articles 84 and 84A”.
(2) In Article 83(1)
of the Law, for the words “Articles 84 and 85” there shall be
substituted the words “Articles 84, 84A and 85”.
(3) In Article 127K
of the Law, in sub-paragraph (1)(e), for the words “, the
particulars specified in Article 84(1)(a) to (f);” there shall be
substituted the following words –
“ –
(i) in
the case of a director who is a natural person, the particulars specified in Article 84(a)
to (f),
(ii) in
the case of a director which is a corporate director, the particulars specified
in Article 84A(1)(a) and (b);”.
7 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Amendment No. 7)
(Jersey) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force 7 days after they
are made.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States