Companies Act 2006

[F1 1098C The required information about an applicant U.K.

(1) The “required information” about the applicant, in the case of a firm that is applying to become an authorised corporate service provider, means—

(a) firm name,

(b) principal office,

(c) a service address,

(d) an email address,

(e) the legal form of the firm and the law by which it is governed, and

(f) if applicable, the register in which it is entered (including details of the state) and its registration number in that register.

(2) The “required information” about the applicant, in the case of an individual who is applying to become an authorised corporate service provider, means—

(a) name, nationality and date of birth,

(b) a service address,

(c) an email address, and

(d) the part of the United Kingdom in which the person is usually resident or, if the person is usually resident in a country or state outside the United Kingdom, that country or state.

(3) In subsection (2)(a) “name” means forename and surname.

(4) Where the applicant is a peer or an individual usually known by a title, the requirement for the application to contain their name may be satisfied by providing that title instead of the individual’s forename and surname.

(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) amend this section so as to change the required information about the applicant in the case of a firm or individual applying to become an authorised corporate service provider;

(b) repeal subsection (4).

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1098A-1098H 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. 66(4), 219(1)(2)(b)