Companies Act 2006

[F1 790H [F2 Duty to update information] [F2 Duty to notify company of changes in PSC information] U.K.

[F2 (1) This section applies to a person if—

(a) the required particulars of the person (whether a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity) are stated in a company's PSC register,

(b) a relevant change occurs,

(c) the person knows of the change or ought reasonably to do so,

(d) the company's PSC register has not been altered to reflect the change, and

(e) the person has not received notice from the company under section 790E by the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the change occurred.

(2) The person must—

(a) notify the company of the change,

(b) state the date on which it occurred, and

(c) give the company any information needed to update the PSC register.

(3) The duty under subsection (2) must be complied with by the later of—

(a) the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which the change occurred, and

(b) the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the person discovered the change.

(4) “ Relevant change ” has the same meaning as in section 790E. ]

[F2 (1) This section applies to a person if—

(a) the person knows that they are a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to a company,

(b) there has been a change in the required particulars of the person (see section 790K) and the person knows that to be the case, and

(c) the person has not informed the company of the change or has not given the company all of the information that the company would need to include in a notice of the change under section 790LD(1) or 790LE(1).

(2) The person must—

(a) inform the company of the change, and

(b) give the company the information that the company would need to include in a notice of the change under section 790LD(1) or 790LE(1).

(3) The person must comply with the duty in subsection (2) before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the conditions in subsection (1) are met.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 21A inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 except for the insertion of ss. 790M(9)(c), 790W-790ZE and 30.6.2016 so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, regs. 4(a), 5(a)

F2 Ss. 790G-790HA substituted for ss. 790G, 790H (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), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 12

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 790D-790J applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31C (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 3, Sch. 1)

C2 Ss. 790C-790K applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12A (as inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. Pt. 3))