The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

Protection from disclosure

9.  Regulation 31L (protection from disclosure)(1) is amended as follows.

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Sections 790ZF and 790ZG(2) apply” substitute “Section 790ZF applies”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “those sections apply” substitute “that section applies”;

(c) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) Section 790ZH applies to LLPs, modified so that it reads as follows—

“790ZH.    Offence of failing to comply with protection of secured information provisions

(1) If an LLP contravenes a restriction on the use or disclosure of information imposed under Part 7 of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339), as that Part is applied to LLPs by regulation 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), an offence is committed by—

(a) the LLP, and

(b) every designated member of the LLP who is in default.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—

(a) in England and Wales, to a fine;

(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.

(3) In this section “designated member” is to be construed in accordance with section 8 (designated members) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.””.

(1)

As amended by S.I. 2024/234.