C1F1PART 21AInformation about people with significant control
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
C3F2CHAPTER 3Register of people with significant control
Pt. 21A Ch. 3 omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 19; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)
Pt. 21A Ch. 3 (ss. 790M-790VA) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12B (as inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), reg. 33 (with Sch. Pt. 3))
C2790PPSC register: response to request for inspection or copy
1
Where a company receives a request under section 790O, it must within 5 working days either—
a
comply with the request, or
b
apply to the court.
2
If it applies to the court, it must notify the person making the request.
3
If on an application under this section the court is satisfied that the inspection or copy is not sought for a proper purpose—
a
it must direct the company not to comply with the request, and
b
it may further order that the company's costs (in Scotland, expenses) on the application be paid in whole or in part by the person who made the request, even if that person is not a party to the application.
4
If the court makes such a direction and it appears to the court that the company is or may be subject to other requests made for a similar purpose (whether made by the same person or different persons), it may direct that the company is not to comply with any such request.
The order must contain such provision as appears to the court appropriate to identify the requests to which it applies.
5
If on an application under this section the court does not direct the company not to comply with the request, the company must comply with the request immediately upon the court giving its decision or, as the case may be, the proceedings being discontinued.
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)