C5C8C6C1C4C3Part 35The registrar of companies
Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/685), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Pt. 35 modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 21(7)(a))
Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)
Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 5(3)
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
The register
I1C2C71082Allocation of unique identifiers
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The Secretary of State may F1by regulations make provision for the use, in connection with the register F5or dealings with the registrar, of reference numbers (“unique identifiers”) to identify each person who—
a
is a director of a company,
b
is secretary (or a joint secretary) of a company,
F2ba
is an authorised corporate service provider;
bb
is an individual whose identity is verified, or
c
in the case of an overseas company whose particulars are registered under section 1046, holds any such position as may be specified for the purposes of this section by regulations under that section.
2
The regulations may—
a
provide that a unique identifier may be in such form, consisting of one or more sequences of letters or numbers, as the registrar may from time to time determine;
b
make provision for the allocation of unique identifiers by the registrar;
c
require there to be included, in any specified description of documents delivered to the registrar, as well as F4a statement of the person's nameF4any statement by or referring to the person—
i
a statement of the person's unique identifier, or
ii
a statement that the person has not been allocated a unique identifier;
F3d
enable the registrar to take steps where a person appears to have more than one unique identifier to discontinue the use of all but one of them.
F3d
confer power on the registrar—
i
to give a person a new unique identifier;
ii
to discontinue the use of a unique identifier for a person who is allocated a new identifier or who has more than one.
3
The regulations may contain provision for the application of the scheme in relation to persons appointed, and documents registered, before the commencement of this Act.
4
The regulations may make different provision for different descriptions of person and different descriptions of document.
5
Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))