Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

78 Registrar’s rules requiring documents to be delivered together U.K.

(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 1068 insert—

“1068A Registrar’s rules requiring documents to be delivered together

(1) Registrar’s rules may provide for circumstances where—

(a) a person who is required to deliver two or more documents to the registrar must deliver them together;

(b) a person who wishes to deliver two or more documents authorised to be delivered to the registrar is required to deliver them together (so that, for example, if one document is delivered on its own, the others cannot be delivered on a later occasion);

(c) a person who wishes to deliver one or more documents authorised to be delivered to the registrar is required to deliver them together with one or more documents that the person is required to deliver to the registrar (so that, for example, if a document that is required to be delivered has been delivered on its own, the documents that are authorised to be delivered cannot be delivered on a later occasion).

(2) Provision may not be made under subsection (1)(a) that would have the effect of requiring any document to be delivered earlier than it would otherwise be required to be delivered.”

(3) In section 1072 (requirements for proper delivery), in subsection (1)(b), after the entry in the list for section 1068 insert—

• “section 1068A (rules requiring documents to be delivered together),”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 78 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(1)(2)(b)

I2 S. 78 in force at 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z20)