Companies Act 2006

1051 Trading disclosures U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring overseas companies carrying on business in the United Kingdom—

(a) to display specified information in specified locations,

(b) to state specified information in specified descriptions of document or communication, and

(c) to provide specified information on request to those they deal with in the course of their business.

(2) The regulations—

(a) shall in every case require a company that has registered particulars under section 1046 to disclose the name registered by it under section 1047, and

(b) may make provision as to the manner in which any specified information is to be displayed, stated or provided.

(3) The regulations may make provision corresponding to that made by—

• section 83 (civil consequences of failure to make required disclosure), and

• section 84 (criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosure).

(4) In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.

(5) Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 1051 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 59

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1051 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1051 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1051 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1051otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(q) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)