Courts And Legal Services Act 1990

This is our most popular package with UK residents, and includes:

The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;

The standard capital on formation is £1,000, this is divided into 1,000 ordinary shares valued at £1.00 each (it is not required to have all of the shares issued, but a minimum of one share must be issued);

The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;

The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;

The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be emailed to you upon formation of your company:

A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);

The memorandum & articles of association (requires MS-Word file reader);

The first meeting of the board of directors (requires MS-Word file reader);

Share certificates and a company register.

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A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, and may have a secretary.

You need at least one person to form this type of company. If there is only one director, and that director is a natural person in your company, that director can also act as the secretary.

A company must have at least one director who is a natural person. This requirement is met if the office of director is held by a natural person as a corporation sole or otherwise by virtue of an office.

You can register a sole director' company, if you are familiar with the secretaries duties and responsibilities, because all of them belongs to a sole director.

The directors and secretary of your company can also be shareholders.

The Companies Act imposes no restriction on the minimum age of company directors. However Companies House will actively discourage the appointment of anyone under the age of 16 from taking up a company directorship on the grounds that the individuals concerned may not fully understand the legal liabilities that go with the position and for the most part will not have the experience necessary to perform the duties of a company director.

Under the Companies Act 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders being from an overseas country (i.e. outside the United Kingdom in terms of residency, domicile, citizenship, place of incorporation or all or any of those concepts).

There is no requirement for the officers of your company to be UK citizens or residents, nor for them to hold valid work permits.

Owning, or being an officer of a UK company does not, however, grant you any right to live or work in the UK if you are a foreign national.

Your company must have a registered office address within England or Wales; this is the official address of your company and will be on the public record as such.

Your company must hold its official company documents at its registered office address: its register of shareholders, and its constitutional documents.

So long as you maintain a registered office address in England or Wales, you can conduct your business from any place in the world: you do not have to run your business from your registered office address.

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Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

1990 c. 41 - continued

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SCHEDULE 20

Section 125(7).

Repeals

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
41 Geo. 3 c. 79.	The Public Notaries Act 1801.	In section 1, the words "in manner hereinafter directed".
		Sections 2 to 5.
		Sections 7 to 10.
		In section 14, the words from "Provided always" to the end.
3 & 4 Will 4 c. 70.	The Public Notaries Act 1833.	The whole Act.
6 & 7 Vict c. 90.	The Public Notaries Act 1843.	Sections 1 to 3.
		In section 6, the words "nor any service under this Act".
		Section 9.
		In section 10, the words "and also in the Public Notaries Act 1833".
8 & 9 Vict. c. 127.	The Small Debts Act 1845.	The whole Act.
20 & 21 Vict. c. 43.	The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1857.	In section 6, the words from "Provided always" to the end.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 24.	The Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864.	In section 7, the words "or a proctor, attorney or solicitor" and "or becomes a proctor, attorney or solicitor".
		Section 23(1).
52 & 53 Vict. c. 10.	The Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889.	In section 1, subsection (1) and in subsection (2) the words "by virtue of his commission".
4 & 5 Geo 5 c. 91.	The Welsh Church Act 1914.	Section 37.
9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 53.	The War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919.	In the Schedule, in paragraph 2(i) the words from "being a barrister" to "standing".
6 & 7 Geo. 6 c. 39.	The Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.	Section 13(c).
12 & 13 Geo. 6 c. 42.	The Lands Tribunal Act 1949.	In section 8(1), the definition of "barrister-at-law".
14 Geo. 6 c. 27.	The Arbitration Act 1950.	Section 12(6)(b).
14 Geo. 6 c. 37.	The Maintenance Orders Act 1950.	Section 16(2)(a)(vii).
14 & 15 Geo. 6 c. 46.	The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.	Section 28(5).
		Section 31(5).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 46.	The Administration of Justice Act 1956.	Section 37.
		Section 53.
1961 c. 44.	The Barristers (Qualification for Office) Act 1961.	The whole Act.
1967 c. 28.	The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967.	Section 3.
1969 c. 7 (N.I.).	The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.	Section 1.
1969 c. 46.	The Family Law Reform Act 1969.	Section 6.
1969 c. 54.	The Children and Young Persons Act 1969.	In section 16(3), the words from "and the justice" to the end.
1969 c. 58.	The Administration of Justice Act 1969.	Section 29.
1970 c. 31.	The Administration of Justice Act 1970.	In Schedule 8, paragraph 12.
1971 c. 23.	The Courts Act 1971.	Section 17(6).
		Section 18(3) and (4).
		Section 19(5).
1972 c. 18.	The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972.	Section 30(1), (2) and (6).
1973 c. 13.	The Administration of Justice Act 1973.	Section 9(4).
1974 c. 47.	The Solicitors Act 1974.	Section 2(2).
		In section 3, in subsection (2) the words from "or a judge" to "time being" and subsection (3).
	Section 4.
		Section 5.
		In section 7(a), the words "or a judge acting for him under section 3(2).".
		In section 20(2), paragraph (c) and the word "and" immediately preceding it.
		Section 33(4)(b) and the word "or" immediately preceding it.
		Section 39.
		Section 44A.
		Section 45.
		Section 47A.
		Section 81(5).
		Section 82.
		In Schedule 3, paragraph 7.
1975 c. 14.	The Social Security Act 1975.	In Schedule 10, paragraph 1A(8).
1975 c. 24.	The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.	In Part III of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the lay observer appointed under section 45 of the Solicitors Act 1974.
1975 c. 27.	The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.	In section 1(2), the words from "but" to the end.
1976 c. 80.	The Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.	Section 26(3).
1977 c. 42.	The Rent Act 1977.	Section 141(4) and (5).
1978 c. 22.	The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978.	Section 16(7).
		Section 17(2).
		Section 23(1).
		Section 24.
		Section 30(2) to (4).
1979 c. 55.	The Justices of the Peace Act 1979.	Section 31(4)(b).
		Section 46.
		Section 47.
		Section 48.
		Section 49.
		Section 51.
		Section 52.
		In section 53(1), the words "and of section 54 below".
		Section 54.
1980 c. 30.	The Social Security Act 1980.	Section 13(4).
1980 c. 43.	The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.	Section 65(1)(k).
1980 c. 51.	The Housing Act 1980.	Section 86(3).
1981 c. 20.	The Judicial Pensions Act 1981.	Section 18(3).
		Section 20(6).
		Section 22(5).
		Section 24.
		In section 25, in subsection (1) the word "his", in the first three places where it occurs and subsection (2).
		In section 33, the definition of "the Minister".
		In Part I of Schedule 1, the entries "Queen's coroner and attorney and Master of the Crown Office" and "Registrar of criminal appeals".
		In Schedule 1, paragraph 15(3).
1981 c. 54.	The Supreme Court Act 1981.	Section 12(4).
		In section 18, in subsection (1) paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) and subsection (2).
		Section 94.
		Section 100(5).
		Section 101(2).
		Section 102(6).
		Section 103(6).
1984 c. 28.	The County Courts Act 1984.	Section 10.
		Section 19.
		Section 20.
		Section 22.
		Section 29.
		Section 34.
		Section 43.
		Section 44.
		In section 45, in subsection (1) the words from "and as to" to "to be taxed" and subsection (2).
		In section 60, subsection (1), and in subsection (2) the words "not being a person entitled to address the court by virtue of subsection (1)" and "as if he were a person so entitled".
		In section 63, the words "for the purposes of subsection (2)".
		In section 75(1), the words from "and prescribing" to the end.
		Section 89(3).
		Section 105.
		Section 106.
		Section 112(5).
		Section 143(2).
		In Schedule 1, paragraph 2(3) and paragraph 3 and the word "and" immediately preceding it.
1984 c. 42.	The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.	In Schedule 1, paragraphs 29 and 31.
1985 c. 23.	The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.	Section 4(5).
		In section 15(1), the definition of "solicitor", and the word "and" immediately preceding it.
1985 c. 61.	The Administration of Justice Act 1985.	Section 1.
		Section 3.
		In section 9(8) the second "and".
		Section 26(3).
		Section 63.
		Section 65(5).
		In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 and 11.
		In Schedule 2, paragraph 4(2)(b) and the word "or" immediately preceding it and paragraphs 8, 15 and 19.
		In Schedule 3, paragraph 8.
		In Schedule 7, paragraph 4, and in paragraph 5 the words "or under section 47A".
1985 c. 68.	The Housing Act 1985.	Section 110(3).
		Section 181(3).
1985 c. 70.	The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.	Section 19(5).
1986 c. 53.	The Building Societies Act 1986.	Section 35.
		Section 124.
1987 c. 31.	The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.	Section 52(4) and (5).
		In Schedule 2, paragraph 2(b).
1987 c. 42.	The Family Law Reform Act 1987.	Section 29(4).
		In Schedule 2, paragraphs 12(a), 20 and 27(a).
1988 c. 13.	The Coroners Act 1988.	In section 2(1) the words "in his profession".
1988 c. 48.	The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.	Section 290.
1988 c. 50.	The Housing Act 1988.	Section 40(4) and (5).
1989 c. 41.	The Children Act 1989.	In section 27(1), the words "or other person" and the words "or person".
		In section 42(1), the word "or" immediately preceding paragraph (b) and in paragraph (b) the word "other".
		In section 81(1)(d), the word "registered".
		In section 108(12), in the entry relating to Schedule 14, the word "18".
		In Schedule 3, paragraph 7.
		In Schedule 4, in paragraph 1(1), (2), (4), (5), (8) and (9) the word "voluntary" in each place where it occurs, and in paragraph 1(6)(b)(i) the words "as a voluntary home".
		In Schedule 12, paragraph 25.
		In Schedule 13, paragraphs 24, 25 and 40.
		In Schedule 14, in paragraph 15(1), the word "or" immediately preceding paragraph (g).

Prepared 20th September 2000

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