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Certificate of registration

The certificate Companies House issues once a charge is registered. It is conclusive evidence that the documents arrived in time (section 859I of the Companies Act 2006), so nobody can go behind it. The file must hold the certificate, not just the filing receipt. Chapter 6 · Chapter 10

Explained in Chapter 6, Twenty-One Days: Registration and Perfection, of Security & Collateral.

How it comes up, in Chapter 6
Two days after the filing, Companies House issued a certificate of registration. It is conclusive evidence that the documents arrived in time (section 859I), so nobody can go behind it. Suppose a liquidator later proved that the copy had in fact arrived late. The certificate would still win, and the Bank would stay secured.
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