PART 21A

Information about people with significant control
CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Overview
790A
This Part is arranged as follows—
a
the remaining provisions of this Chapter identify the companies to which this Part applies and explain some key terms, including what it means to have “significant control” over a company,
b
Chapter 2 imposes duties on companies to gather information, and on others to supply information, to enable companies to
notify the registrar of the information in accordance with Chapter 2A
,
c
Chapter 2A requires companies to notify the registrar of information relating to persons with significant control;
e
Chapter 5 makes provision for excluding certain material from the information available to the public.
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))
Pt. 21A inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 except for the insertion of ss. 790M(9)(c), 790W-790ZE and 30.6.2016 so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, regs. 4(a), 5(a)
S. 790A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31A (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 3, Sch. 1 and as amended (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1033, regs. 1(3)(c), 8(1) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i))
S. 790A(c) substituted for s. 790A(c)(d) (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 8(b); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4)
Words in s. 790A(b) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 8(a); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4)