Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009U.K.
33. After paragraph 12 insert—
“Information about people with significant control
12A.—(1) Sections 790C to 790K of the Companies Act 2006 apply to unregistered companies, with the following modifications.
(2) In section 790C(1) (key terms)—
(a)for subsection (7)(c) substitute—
“(c)it is a company with voting shares admitted to trading on a market listed in Schedule 1 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339)”;
(b)for subsection (7)(d) substitute—
“(d)it is of a description specified in regulation 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) which apply, together with any other provisions of those Regulations having effect for the purposes of these provisions.”;
(c)omit subsections (11), (13) and (14).
(3) In section 790D (company’s duty to investigate and obtain information)—
(a)omit subsection (9);
(b)omit subsection (10).
(4) In section 790E (company’s duty to keep information up-to-date) in subsection (7) for “subsections (8) to (10)” substitute “subsection (8)”.
(5) In section 790K (required particulars)—
(a)for subsection (5) substitute—
“(5) Regulation 7 of and Schedule 2 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) apply, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of these provisions.”;
(b)omit subsection (6).
12B.—(1) Sections 790M to 790VA of the Companies Act 2006 apply to unregistered companies, with the following modifications.
(2) In section 790M (duty to keep register)—
(a)for subsection (7) substitute—
“(7) Part 4 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) applies, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of that Part.”;
(b)omit subsection (8).
(3) In section 790O(2) for “on payment of such fee as may be prescribed” substitute “on payment of the fee prescribed in regulation 6 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339)”.
(4) In section 790VA (notification of changes to the registrar) omit subsection (4).
12C.—(1) Sections 790ZF and 790ZG apply to unregistered companies, with the following modifications.
(2) In section 790ZF—
(a)in subsection (1) for “sections 240 to 244” substitute “sections 240 to 242, 243(1), (2), and (7)”;
(b)in subsection (3) for “regulations made under section 790ZG” substitute “Part 7 of the PSC Regulations”;
(c)after subsection (3) insert—
“(4) Part 6 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) applies, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of that Part.”
(3) For Section 790ZG as it applies to unregistered companies, substitute—
“790ZG. 790ZG Protection of secured information
(1) Part 7 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) applies, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of that Part.
(2) Nothing in the provisions referred to in subsection (1) affects the use or disclosure of particulars of a person in any other capacity (for example, the use or disclosure of particulars of a person in that person’s capacity as a member or director of the company).
(3) In this section “secured information” means the required particulars (other than the particular required by section 790K(1)(i)) of a registrable person in relation to an unregistered company.””
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 33 in force at 26.6.2017, see reg. 2
Subsection (7) was amended by regulation 78 of the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/694).