Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 65:"After Clause 148, insert the following new clause—" ““REGISTER OF DIRECTORS’ RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES (1)   Every company must keep a register of directors’ residential addresses. (2)   The register must state the usual residential address of each of the company’s directors. (3)   If a director’s service address (as stated in the company’s register of directors) is his usual residential address, the register of directors’ residential addresses need only contain an entry to that effect. (4)   If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by— (a)   the company, and (b)   every officer of the company who is in default. (5)   A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale. (6)   This section applies only to directors who are individuals, not where the director is a body corporate or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 149 [Particulars of directors to be registered: power to make regulations]: