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Companies Act 2006

Crossheading Duty on companies

  • Section 790CB Duty to find out about persons with significant control
  • Section 790D Company’s duty to give notices to persons with significant control
  • Section 790DA Obtaining information from third parties
  • Section 790E Company’s duty to find out about changes in PSC information
  • Section 790EA Company’s duty to find out about persons ceasing to be PSCs
  • Section 790EB Company’s duty to notify failure to comply with notices
  • Section 790EC Company’s duty to notify of late compliance with notices
  • Section 790ED Company’s duty to notify that it has given a restrictions notice
  • Section 790EE Company’s duty to notify that it has withdrawn a restrictions notice
  • Section 790EF Company’s duty to notify that court has ended restrictions
  • Section 790F Failure by company to comply with information duties
  1. Duty on companies
  2. Company’s duty to find out about changes in PSC information

Section 790E | Company’s duty to find out about changes in PSC information F1F2

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)This section applies if a company—

(a)knows or has cause to believe that there has been a change in the required particulars of a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (see section 790K), but

(b)has not had confirmation that the change has occurred or has not had confirmation of 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 company must give the person a notice requiring the person—

(a)to inform the company whether the change has occurred, and

(b)if it has, to 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 notice must require the person to whom it is given to comply with the notice by no later than the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is given.

(4)The company must give the notice—

(a)as soon as reasonably practicable after the company becomes subject to the duty to give a notice under subsection (2), and

(b)in any event before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the company becomes so subject.

(5)The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about the giving of notices under this section, including provision about their form and content and the manner in which they must be given.

(6)Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Notes

  1. 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)

  2. F2

    Ss. 790CB-790EC substituted for ss. 790D, 790E (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 11; S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 7)

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