New clause 13
Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]
1:45 pm
UK branch registers of overseas companies
‘(1) This section applies where, by virtue of the law in force in a country or territory to which this section applies, companies incorporated under that law have power to keep in the United Kingdom branch registers of their members resident in the United Kingdom.
(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that—
(a) section 113 (register of members to be kept available for inspection),
(b) sections 115 to 119 (rights to inspect and request copies), and
(c) section 124 (power of court to rectify register),
apply to and in relation to such branch registers, subject to any modifications and adaptations specified in the Order, as they apply to and in relation to the registers of companies subject to those sections.
(3) The countries and territories to which this section applies are—
(a) the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and
(b) those listed below.
Bangladesh
Malta
Botswana
Nigeria
Cyprus
Pakistan
Dominica
Seychelles
The Gambia
Sierra Leone
Ghana
Singapore
Guyana
South Africa
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Sri Lanka
India
Swaziland
Ireland
Tonga
Kenya
Trinidad and Tobago
Kiribati
Uganda
Lesotho
Zambia
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Malaysia’.