The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of section 790M U.K.

8.—(1) Section 790M (duty to keep register) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) for “once all the required particulars of that individual have been confirmed” substitute “before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after all the required particulars of that individual are first confirmed”.

(3) For subsection (5) substitute—

“(5) The required particulars(1) of any entity that is a registrable relevant legal entity(2) in relation to the company must be entered in the register before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the company first has all the required particulars of that entity.”

(4) In subsection (6)—

(a) omit “or registrable relevant legal entity”, and

(b) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute —

“, the company must enter in the register—

(a) the changes to the required particulars resulting from the relevant change(3), and

(b) the date on which the relevant change occurred,

before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after all of those changes and that date are first confirmed(4).”

(5) After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A) If the company becomes aware of a relevant change (within the meaning of section 790E) with respect to a registrable relevant legal entity whose particulars are stated in the register, the company must enter in the register—

(a) the changes to the required particulars resulting from the relevant change, and

(b) the date on which the relevant change occurred,

before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the company first has details of all of those changes and that date.”

(6) After subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) If a company is required by regulations made under subsection (7) to note an additional matter in its PSC register(5), the company must note the additional matter before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the requirement arises.”

(7) In subsection (9), for “and the details and date of any relevant change with respect to a person” substitute “a change to such particulars and the date of any relevant change with respect to a person”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 26.6.2017, see reg. 2

(1)

See section 790K of the Companies Act for the meaning of “required particulars”.

(2)

See section 790C(8) of the Companies Act for the meaning of “registrable relevant legal entity”.

(3)

See section 790E(3) of the Companies Act for the meaning of “relevant change”.

(4)

See section 790M(9) of the Companies Act for the meaning of “confirmed”.

(5)

See section 790C(10) of the Companies Act for the meaning of “PSC register”.