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Companies Act 2006, Section 1110A 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F11110AMeaning of “identity is verified”U.K.

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(1)For the purposes of this Act an individual’s “identity is verified” if—

(a)the individual’s identity has been verified by the registrar in accordance with regulations under section 1110B, or

(b)a verification statement in respect of the individual has been delivered to the registrar,

and the individual has not, since then, ceased to be an individual whose identity is verified by virtue of regulations under subsection (6).

(2)A verification statement is a statement by an authorised corporate service provider confirming that it has verified an individual’s identity in accordance with regulations under section 1110B.

(3)A verification statement must also specify the authorised corporate service provider’s supervisory authority or authorities for the purposes of the Money Laundering Regulations.

(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about the contents of verification statements (including provision amending this section).

(5)Where a person is required or authorised by any other provision to deliver a statement to the registrar that an individual’s identity is verified, that statement may be delivered at the same time as the verification statement by virtue of which the individual becomes someone whose identity is verified under subsection (1)(b).

(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for circumstances in which someone ceases to be an individual whose identity is verified.

(7)The provision that can be made under subsection (6) includes—

(a)provision to confer a discretion on the registrar;

(b)provision that someone ceases to be an individual whose identity is verified unless, within a specified period of time—

(i)their identity is reverified by the registrar in accordance with regulations under section 1110B, or

(ii)an authorised corporate service provider delivers to the registrar a statement: (A) confirming that it has reverified the individual’s identity in accordance with regulations under section 1110B, (B) specifying the authorised corporate service provider’s supervisory authority or authorities for the purposes of the Money Laundering Regulations, and (C) containing anything else required by the regulations.

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

(9)In this section—

  • Money Laundering Regulations” means the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692);

  • supervisory authority” means an authority that is a supervisory authority under the Money Laundering Regulations (see regulation 7 of those Regulations).]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1110A, 1110B 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. 65(4), 219(1)(2)(b)

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