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7.—(1) A subscriber to a memorandum of association (“the applicant”) may make a section 243 application to the registrar relating to an individual (“D”) who proposes to become, on or after the formation of the company to which the memorandum relates, a director of the company.
(2) A subscriber to a memorandum of association may only make an application under paragraph (1) where D has given consent for the subscriber to make the application on D's behalf.
(3) The grounds on which an application under paragraph (1) may be made are that—
(a)the applicant reasonably believes that there is a serious risk that D, or a person who lives D, will be subjected to violence or intimidation as a result of the proposed activities of the proposed company to which the memorandum relates; or
(b)D is the subject of an application made under regulation 25, 26 or 27 of the 2016 Regulations which has been determined by the registrar in favour of the applicant and that determination has not ceased to have effect under regulation 31 of those Regulations.
(4) Where the grounds of the application are those described in paragraph (3)(b), the application must only relate to one individual who proposes to become a director in relation to the proposed company.
(5) The application must contain—
(a)a statement of the grounds on which the application is made;
(b)confirmation that D consents to the making of the application;
(c)the name and any former name of the applicant;
(d)the usual residential address of the applicant;
(e)the e-mail address of the applicant, if any;
(f)the name of the proposed company to which the memorandum relates;
(g)the name and any former name of D;
(h)the date of birth of D;
(i)the usual residential address of D;
(j)the e-mail address of D, if any;
(k)where the registrar has allocated a unique identifier to D, that unique identifier;
(l)where D is a director of another company, the name and registered number of that company; and
(m)where the grounds of the application are those described in paragraph (3)(b), the name and registered number of the company in relation to which the determination was made, unless the determination relates to a proposed company which was never incorporated.
(6) Where the grounds of the application are those described in paragraph (3)(a), the application must be accompanied by evidence which supports the applicant's statement of the grounds on which the application is made.
(7) The registrar may refer to a relevant body any question relating to an assessment of the nature or extent of any risk of violence or intimidation.
(8) The registrar must determine the application and, within 7 days beginning with the date that the determination is made, send to the applicant and to D notice of the determination.
(9) Where the application is unsuccessful, the notice under paragraph (8) must inform the applicant of the applicant's right to apply for permission to appeal against the determination within 28 days beginning with the date of the notice.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 6, 7 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 4
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