Companies Act 2006

[F1 [F2 790LQ Registrable persons: duty to maintain verified identity status U.K.

(1) A registrable person in relation to a company must ensure that, throughout the relevant period, they maintain the status of a person whose identity is verified (see section 1110A).

(2) In this section “the relevant period” means the period—

(a) beginning with—

(i) the incorporation of the company, in a case where the person became a registrable person on its incorporation and the application for registration of the company included a statement under section 12B(2) in respect of the person,

(ii) the delivery to the registrar of a statement in respect of the person under section 790LB(1), in a case where the person became a registrable person after the incorporation of the company and such a statement was delivered to the registrar,

(iii) the expiry of the period for complying with the direction under section 790LM, in a case where a direction under that section is given to the person, and

(iv) the expiry of the period for complying with section 790LN, in a case where that section applies to the person, and

(b) ending on the giving of a notice to the registrar under section 790LF that the person has ceased to be a registrable person in relation to the company.

(3) In this section “registrable person” does not include a person mentioned in section 790C(12)(a) to (d).]]

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. 790LM-790LT 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. 64(3), 219(1)(2)(b)