EFIS 18, April 2002 : Company

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The Companies (Particulars of Usual Residential Address) (Confidentiality Orders) Regulations 2002 provide that directors, secretaries of companies and permanent representatives of oversea companies can apply to the Secretary of State for a confidentiality order where they can demonstrate actual or serious risk of violence or intimidation.

If granted such an order, these company officials need not supply their usual residential address for the public record but instead merely provide an address for service. Their usual residential address will be kept on a separate secure register with access allowed only to certain "competent authorities".

Although these Regulations came into force on 2nd April, Companies House has only just approved the Oyez versions of these forms. However. the existing versions of these forms can all continue to be used where no application is made for a confidentiality order but where practitioners have a corporate client whose senior officials wish to avail themselves of a confidentiality order, only the amended forms should be used.

Forms affected

CO10	First Directors and Secretary and Intended Situation of Registered Office	New/Amended
CO10CONT	Continuation Sheet	New/Amended
CO363A	Annual Return of a Company	New/Amended
CO363A_B	Continuation sheet to Annual Return	New/Amended
CO288A	Appointment of Director or Secretary	New/Amended
CO288C	Change of Particulars for Director or Secretary	New/Amended
CO691	Return and Declaration Delivered for Registration of a Place of Business of an Oversea Company	New/Amended
CO692(1)(b)	Return of Alteration in the Directors or Secretary of an Oversea Company or in their Particulars	New/Amended
COBR1	Return Delivered for Registration of a Branch of an Oversea Company	New/Amended
COBR4	Return by an Oversea Company Subject to Branch Registration of Change of Directors or Secretary or of their Particulars	New/Amended
COBR6	Return of Change of Person Authorised to Accept Service or to Represent the Branch of an Oversea Company or of any Change in their Particulars	New/Amended

Crown copyright forms are reproduced with the permission of the Controller of the Stationery Office. Law Society forms are reproduced with the permission of the Law Society. Legal Aid Forms are produced with the permission of the LSC.