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Companies Act 2006

Crossheading Duty to notify registrar of person ceasing to be person with significant control etc

  • Section 790LF Duty to notify registrar when person ceases to have significant control
  • Section 790LG Notification of someone not becoming person with significant control on incorporation
  • Section 790LH Duty to notify registrar if company has no persons with significant control
  • Section 790LI Power to create further duties to notify information
  • Section 790LJ Persons with significant control: offence of failure to notify
  • Section 790LK Power of court to order company to remedy defaults or delay
  • Section 790LL Information as to whether information has been delivered
  1. Duty to notify registrar of person ceasing to be person with significant control etc
  2. Duty to notify registrar if company has no persons with significant control

Section 790LH | Duty to notify registrar if company has no persons with significant control F1F2

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)A company must give a notice to the registrar if it knows or has cause to believe that there is no person who is a registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.F3

(2)A notice under subsection (1) must —

(a)state that the company has that knowledge or cause to believe, and

(b)specify the date on which the company first had that knowledge or cause to believe.

(3)A notice under subsection (1) must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the company first had the knowledge or cause to believe mentioned in that subsection.

(4)A company is not required to give a notice under this section if—F4

(a)the application for the registration of the company contained a statement of initial significant control stating that, on incorporation, there was no person who would become a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company, andF4

(b)the company has no cause to believe that at any time since its incorporation any person has become a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.F4

(5)In this section “statement of initial significant control” means the statement referred to in section 12A (statement of initial significant control).F4

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

    Pt. 21A Ch. 2A inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of s. 790LD for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in force in so far as not already in force, except for the insertion of s. 790LB(2)(3) and s. 790LB(4) for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 7)

  3. F3

    S. 790LH(1) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1036), regs. 2, 14(3); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)

  4. F4

    S. 790LH(4)(5) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1036), regs. 2, 14(4); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)

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