AI Summary of 50. Registered office of company
A company shall at all times have a registered office in the State to which all communications and notices may be addressed. Particulars of the situation of the company's registered office must be specified in the statement delivered pursuant to section 21(1)(a) prior to incorporation. Notice of any change in the situation of the registered office must be given in the prescribed form to the Registrar within 14 days, who shall record the change.
A company's registered office may be constituted by a statement that the office is care of a specified agent, being a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing company approved by the Registrar, and references to the situation of the registered office shall be read accordingly. Notification by the approved agent of any change in the agent's registered office, if made in the prescribed form and within the period, constitutes compliance by the company; default by the company or any officer in default is a category 4 offence.
50. Registered office of company
Amendments (requiring commencement) by s. 8 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (No. 44), published 12 November 2024.
(1) A company shall, at all times, have a registered office in the State to which all communications and notices may be addressed.
(2) Particulars of the situation of the company's registered office shall be specified in the statement delivered pursuant to section 21(1)(a) prior to the incorporation of the company.
(3) Notice of any change in the situation of the registered office of a company shall be given in the prescribed form, within 14 days after the date of the change, to the Registrar who shall record that change.
(4) A company's registered office may be constituted by a statement (contained in the statement or notice referred to in subsection (2) or (3)) to the effect that the office is care of a specified agent, being a company formed and registered under this Act, or an existing company, and which is approved for this purpose by the Registrar; where a registered office is constituted by those means, references in this Act to the situation of the company's registered office shall be read accordingly.