reg 6 Electronic statement concerning private company becoming public
(1) Section 43 of the 1985 Act (re-registration of private company as public) is amended as follows. (2) At the beginning of paragraph (e) of subsection (3), insert the words “subject to subsection (3A),”. (3) Insert the following subsections after subsection (3)— (3A) In place of the statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (e) of subsection (3), there may be delivered to the registrar of companies using electronic communications a statement made by a director or secretary of the company as to the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of that paragraph. (3B) Any person who makes a false statement under subsection (3A) which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.