Paul Thornton wrote: > I'm locked into something of a battle of wills with the RIPE NCC at the > moment, trying to establish a new LIR. This is something I've done for > UK companies plenty of times in the past with no problems at all. > > Apparently, they now[1] reject certificates of registration that are > more than two years old as "too old".
Seems like a peculiar misunderstanding of british law, and that of several other jurisdictions in the RIPE service region. Did you ask the new-lir people for the RIPE NCC's formal legal position regarding both this change, and how it relates to documents produced by Companies House? It's the same situation in IE: registration documents issued by the Companies Registration Office are legitimate as long as the company still legally exists (which can be checked online). They will not issue a new document unless there is a reason in irish law to do so, and would react to any request for an updated version with a degree of bemused disinterest that would make any bureaucrat's heart flutter with admiration. Nick
