PART 21A

Information about people with significant control
CHAPTER 2A

Duty to notify registrar of persons with significant control and ID verification

Identity verification obligations for persons with significant control

Registrable relevant legal entities: change of registered relevant officer
790LS
1
A registrable relevant legal entity may change its registered officer for the purposes of section 790LR by giving notice to the registrar.
2
The notice must include a statement by the entity that the new registered officer—
a
is a relevant officer of the entity, and
b
is an individual whose identity is verified (see section 1110A).
3
The notice must be accompanied by a statement by the individual who is the new registered officer confirming that the individual is a relevant officer of the registrable relevant legal entity.
4
In this section “
relevant officer
” has the meaning given by section 790LO(6).
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)
Ss. 790LM-790LT and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 except for the insertion of ss. 790LO, 790LP, 790LR, 790LS and s. 790LT for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 64(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(k)(5) (with reg. 5)
Ss. 790LJ-790LT applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12B (as substituted by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(6) (with regs. 5, 6))
Pt. 21A Ch. 2A inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of s. 790LD for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in force in so far as not already in force, except for the insertion of s. 790LB(2)(3) and s. 790LB(4) for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 7)