The Reports on Payments to Governments (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Inspection etc. of records of documents delivered to the registrar under the 2014 Regulations by partnerships or limited partnerships

3.  After regulation 20 of the 2014 Regulations, insert—

“Inspection etc. of records of documents delivered to the registrar under these Regulations by partnerships or limited partnerships

20A.— (1) The provisions of the Companies Act 2006(1) specified in the first column of Table A below, as modified in accordance with the third column of Table A, apply to partnerships and limited partnerships falling within the definition of “UK undertaking” in regulation 2(1); but in their application (or the application of any other provision by virtue of a modification set out in the third column of Table A) to such partnerships and limited partnerships they are to be read in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) A reference to the register is to be read as a reference to the records kept by the registrar of the information contained in—

(a) documents delivered to the registrar under any provision of these Regulations by—

(i) a partnership or limited partnership falling within the definition of “UK undertaking” in regulation 2(1), or

(ii) the directors of such a partnership or limited partnership;

(b) certified translations delivered to the registrar under section 1105(1) or 1106(1) and (3) of the Companies Act 2006 (as applied with modifications by regulation 20B) by—

(i) a partnership or limited partnership falling within the definition of “UK undertaking” in regulation 2(1), or

(ii) the directors of such a partnership or limited partnership.

(3) A reference to documents subject to the Directive disclosure requirements is to be read as a reference to any document required by regulation 14 or 15 to be delivered to the registrar by the directors of a partnership or limited partnership falling within the definition of “UK undertaking” in regulation 2(1).

Table A

Provision of the Companies Act 2006 applied	Subject matter of provision applied	Modifications to the provision applied
Section 1077(1) and (2)(2)	Public notice of receipt of certain documents	In subsection (2), for “the name and registered number of the company” substitute “the name of the partnership or limited partnership and, in the case of a limited partnership, its registration number”.
Section 1085(3)	Inspection of the register	None
Section 1086(1) and (3)(4)	Right to copy of material on the register	None
Section 1087(1)(d), (i) and (k), (2) and (3)(5)	Material not available for public inspection	None
Section 1089(6)	Form of application for inspection or copy	None
Section 1090(1), (2) and (4)(7)	Form and manner in which copies to be provided	In subsection (2), omit the final sentence.
Section 1091(8)	Certification of copies as accurate	For subsection (4) substitute— “(4) Regulation 2 of the Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3429) (certification of electronic copies by registrar) applies where the copy is provided in electronic form.”.”

(1)

2006 c.46.

(2)

Section 1077 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 63 of S.I. 2009/1804.

(3)

Section 1085 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804.

(4)

Section 1086 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804.

(5)

Section 1087 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804 (as amended by regulation 4 of S.I. 2013/618 and regulations 4 and 6(1) and (2) of S.I. 2015/1695).

(6)

Section 1089 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804.

(7)

Section 1090 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 S.I. 2009/1804.

(8)

Section 1091 was applied with modifications to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804.