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Part 35U.K.The registrar of companies

[F1Additional informationU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1092A-1092C and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 83(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z25)

1092BOffence relating to provision of informationU.K.

(1)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under section 1092A commits an offence.

(2)Where an offence under this section is committed by a firm, an offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default.

(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)on summary conviction—

(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);

(ii)in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum;

(iii)in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both), and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum.]