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Can an alternate director sign a deed on behalf of a company?

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Published on: 10 October 2016
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For the purposes of this Q&A, we have assumed the company is incorporated in England and Wales and as such the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) applies and the deed is exclusively governed by English law.

As there is no statutory right to appoint an alternate director, the scope of the alternate directors powers will depend on what is provided for in the company’s articles of association. The model articles—public company—before 28 April 2013, for example, permit a director to appoint either (a) any other director or (b) any other person approved by resolution of the directors to

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What does Alternate director mean?

An individual (whether another director or any other person) appointed by a director to exercise that director’s powers and carry out that director’s responsibilities in relation to the taking of decisions by the directors, in the absence of the alternate's appointor.

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