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Companies Act 2006

Crossheading Identity verification obligations for persons with significant control

  • Section 790LM Initial identity verification: registrable persons
  • Section 790LN Initial identity verification for registrable persons: transitional cases
  • Section 790LO Initial identity verification: registrable relevant legal entities
  • Section 790LP Initial identity verification in respect of registrable relevant legal entities: transitional cases
  • Section 790LQ Registrable persons: duty to maintain verified identity status
  • Section 790LR Registrable relevant legal entities: duty to maintain registered officer whose identity is verified
  • Section 790LS Registrable relevant legal entities: change of registered relevant officer
  • Section 790LT Offence of failing to comply with sections 790LM to 790LR
  1. Identity verification obligations for persons with significant control
  2. Registrable persons: duty to maintain verified identity status

Section 790LQ | Registrable persons: duty to maintain verified identity status F1F2

From legislation.gov.uk

(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).

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. 790LM-790LT and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 except for the insertion of ss. 790LO, 790LP, 790LR, 790LS and s. 790LT for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 64(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(k)(5) (with reg. 5)

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