PART 7Companies: Transparency

Register of people with significant control

I182Review of provisions about PSC registers

1

The Secretary of State must before the end of the review period—

a

carry out a review of Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (inserted by Schedule 3 to this Act) and of other provisions of the Companies Act 2006 inserted by this Act that relate to that Part, and

b

prepare and publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

2

The report must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 mentioned in subsection (1)(a),

b

assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved, and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in another way that imposed less regulation.

3

The Secretary of State must lay the report before Parliament.

4

The “review period” is the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which section 92 (duty to deliver confirmation statement instead of annual return) comes into force.