Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 35 U.K. The registrar of companies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C2 Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/685), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C3 Pt. 35 modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 21(7)(a))

C4 Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)

C5 Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 5(3)

C6 Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

[F1 Who may deliver documents to the registrar U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1067A and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 72(4), 219(1)(2)(b)

1067A Delivery of documents: identity verification requirements etc U.K.

(1) An individual may not deliver a document to the registrar on their own behalf unless—

(a) their identity is verified (see section 1110A), and

(b) the document is accompanied by a statement to that effect.

(2) An individual (A) may not deliver a document to the registrar on behalf of another person (B) who is of a description specified in column 1 of the following table unless—

(a) the individual is of a description specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, and

(b) the document is accompanied by the statement specified in the corresponding entry in column 3.

	1	2	3
	Description of person on whose behalf document delivered (B)	Description of individual who may deliver document on B’s behalf (A)	Accompanying statement
1	Firm	Individual who is an officer or employee of the firm and whose identity is verified (see section 1110A).	Statement by A— (a) that A is an officer or employee of the firm, (b) that A is delivering the document on the firm’s behalf, and (c) that A’s identity is verified.
2	Firm	Individual who is an officer or employee of a corporate officer of the firm and whose identity is verified.	Statement by A— (a) that A is an officer or employee of a corporate officer of the firm, (b) that A is delivering the document on the firm’s behalf, and (c) that A’s identity is verified.
3	Firm	Individual who is an authorised corporate service provider (see section 1098A).	Statement by A— (a) that A is an authorised corporate service provider, and (b) that A is delivering the document on the firm’s behalf.
4	Firm	Individual who is an officer or employee of an authorised corporate service provider.	Statement by A— (a) that A is an officer or employee of an authorised corporate service provider, and (b) that A is delivering the document on the firm’s behalf.
5	Individual	Individual whose identity is verified.	Statement by A— (a) that A is delivering the document on B’s behalf, and (b) that A’s identity is verified.
6	Individual	Individual who is an authorised corporate service provider.	Statement by A— (a) that A is an authorised corporate service provider, and (b) that A is delivering the document on B’s behalf.
7	Individual	Individual who is an officer or employee of an authorised corporate service provider.	Statement by A— (a) that A is an officer or employee of an authorised corporate service provider, and (b) that A is delivering the document on B’s behalf.

(3) In relation to a corporate officer that has only corporate officers, the reference in row 2 of the table to an individual who is one of its officers is to—

(a) an individual who is an officer of one of those corporate officers, or

(b) if the officers of those corporate officers are all corporate officers, an individual who is an officer of any of the corporate officers’ corporate officers,

and so on until there is at least one individual who is an officer.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) create exceptions to subsections (1) or (2) (which may be framed by reference to the person by whom or on whose behalf a document is delivered or by reference to descriptions of document or in any other way);

(b) amend this section for the purpose of changing the effect of the table in subsection (2).

(5) Regulations under subsection (4)(a)—

(a) may require any document delivered to the registrar in reliance on an exception to be accompanied by a statement;

(b) may amend this section.

(6) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring a statement delivered to the registrar under subsection (2) to be accompanied by additional statements or additional information in connection with the subject-matter of the statement.

(7) Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

(8) In this section “corporate officer” means an officer that is not an individual.]

[F2 1067B Disqualification from delivering documents U.K.

(1) An individual who is a disqualified person may not deliver documents to the registrar on their own behalf or on behalf of another.

(2) An individual may not deliver a document to the registrar on behalf of a disqualified person unless—

(a) the individual is an authorised corporate service provider (see section 1098A), or

(b) the individual is an officer or employee of an authorised corporate service provider.

(3) A document delivered to the registrar must be accompanied by the following two statements made by the individual delivering it.

(4) The first is a statement that the individual is not a disqualified person.

(5) The second is—

(a) a statement that the individual is delivering the document on their own behalf,

(b) a statement that the individual is delivering the document on behalf of another person who is not a disqualified person, or

(c) a statement that the individual is delivering the document on behalf of a disqualified person.

(6) For the purpose of this section “disqualified person” means a person who is disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation (see section 159A(2)).

(7) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section for the purposes of changing who may deliver a document to the registrar on behalf of a disqualified person.

(8) Regulations under subsection (7) are subject to the affirmative procedure.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 1067B inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 73, 219(1)(2)(b)