Point in time view as at 04/03/2024.
Companies Act 2006, Section 1059A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The scheme of this Part is as follows.
(2)The following provisions apply generally (to the registrar, to any functions of the registrar, or to documents delivered to or issued by the registrar under any enactment, as the case may be)—
sections 1060(1) and (2) and 1061 F2 to 1063 F3 (the registrar),
sections [F41068] [F41067A] to 1071 (delivery of documents to the registrar),
sections 1072 to 1076 (requirements for proper delivery),
sections 1080(1), (4) and (5) and 1092 (keeping and production of records),
[F5section 1081A (registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc),]
section 1083 (preservation of original documents),
[F6section 1084A (recording optional information on register),]
[F7sections 1092A to 1092C (powers to require further information),]
sections 1108 to 1110 (language requirements: transliteration),
[F8sections 1110E to 1110G (disclosure of information),]
sections 1111 and 1114 to 1119 (supplementary provisions).
[F9section 1112B (false statement offences: national security etc defence).]
(3)The following provisions apply in relation to companies (to companies or for the purposes of the Companies Acts, as the case may be)—
section 1060(3) and (4) (references to the registrar in the Companies Acts),
sections 1064 F10 and 1065 F11 (certificates of incorporation),
section 1066 F12 (companies' registered numbers),
sections 1077 to [F131079A (public notice of certain information)],
sections 1080(2) and (3), 1081 F14 , 1082 F15 and 1084 F16 (the register),
sections 1085 to 1091 F17 (inspection of the register),
sections 1093 to 1098 F18 (correction or removal of material on the register),
[F19sections 1098A to 1098H (authorised corporate service providers),]
section 1106 F20 (voluntary filing of translations),
[F21sections 1110A and 1110B (identity verification),]
[F22sections 1112, 1112A and 1113 (enforcement).]
(4)The following provisions apply as indicated in the provisions concerned—
section 1067 (registered numbers of UK establishments of overseas companies),
sections 1099 to 1101 (the registrar's index of company names),
sections 1102 to 1105 and 1107 F23 (language requirements: translation).
[F24section 1110C (identity verification: exemption on national security grounds),]
[F25section 1110D (power to require businesses to report discrepancies),]
(5)Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this Part apply to an overseas company as they apply to a company as defined in section 1.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1059A and preceding cross-heading inserted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1802), art. 3
F2By virtue of article 6 of S.I. 2009/317, the references in section 1061 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)) are to be read as including a reference to Parts 2 and 3 of the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1).
F3Section 1063 was applied for the purposes of S.I. 2007/2974 by regulation 4 of those Regulations.
F4Word in s. 1059A(2) substituted (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(3), 219(1)(2)(b)
F5Words in s. 1059A(2) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 1(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a)
F6Words in s. 1059A(2) inserted (26.5.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 95(2), 164(3)(h)(i)
F7Words in s. 1059A(2) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 83(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z25)
F8Words in s. 1059A(2) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 94(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36)
F9Words in s. 1059A(2) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 15.1.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 103(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2023/1206, reg. 3(d)
F10Section 1064 was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 61 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F11Section 1065 was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 61 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F12Section 1066 was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 62 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F13Words in s. 1059A(3) substituted (7.7.2014) by The Companies Act 2006 (Interconnection of Registers) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1557), arts. 1, 3
F14Section 1081 was applied for the purposes of S.I. 2007/2974 by regulation 4 of those Regulations, and was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 64 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F15Section 1082 was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 64 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F16Section 1084 was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 65 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F17Sections 1085 to 1091 were applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 66 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F18Sections 1093 to 1098 were applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 67 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F19Words in s. 1059A(3) 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. 66(2), 219(1)(2)(b)
F20Section 1106 was applied for the purposes of S.I. 2007/2974 by regulation 4 of those Regulations, and was applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 68 of S.I. 2009/1804.
F21Words in s. 1059A(3) 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. 65(2), 219(1)(2)(b)
F22Words in s. 1059A(3) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 102(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z40)
F23Sections 1102 to 1105 and 1107 were applied for the purposes of S.I. 2007/2974 by regulation 4 of those Regulations, and sections 1103 to 1107 were applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 68 of S.I. 2009/1804. By virtue of article 6 of S.I. 2009/317, the references in section 1102 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 are to be read as including a reference to Parts 2 and 3 of the Banking Act 2009.
F24Words in s. 1059A(4) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 15.1.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 67(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2023/1206, reg. 3(c)
F25Words in s. 1059A(4) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 87(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z29)
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