Companies Act 2006

[F1113GFailure to comply with section 113D, 113E or 113FU.K.
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(1)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with section 113D or 113E commits an offence.

(2)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under section 113F commits an offence.

(3)Where an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is committed by a firm, the offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)on summary conviction—

(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);

(ii)in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum;

(iii)in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 113A-113I 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. 46(5), 219(1)(2)(b)