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Section 1098C The required information about an applicantF1

(1)

The “required information” about the applicant, in the case of a firm that is applying to become an authorised corporate service provider, means—

(a)

firm name,

(b)

principal office,

(c)

a service address,

(d)

an email address,

(e)

the legal form of the firm and the law by which it is governed, F2...

(F3ea)

any registration number allocated to the firm in respect of its registration in a register maintained under regulation 54 or 55 of the Money Laundering Regulations, and

(f)

if applicable, F4any other register in which it is entered (including details of the state) and its registration number in that register.

(2)

The “required information” about the applicant, in the case of an individual who is applying to become an authorised corporate service provider, means—

(a)

name, nationality and date of birth,

(b)

a service address,

(c)

an email address, F5...

(d)

the part of the United Kingdom in which the person is usually resident or, if the person is usually resident in a country or state outside the United Kingdom, that country or state F6, and

(F7e)

any registration number allocated to the individual in respect of their registration in a register maintained under regulation 54 or 55 of the Money Laundering Regulations.

(3)

In subsection (2)(a) “name” means forename and surname.

(4)

Where the applicant is a peer or an individual usually known by a title, the requirement for the application to contain their name may be satisfied by providing that title instead of the individual’s forename and surname.

(F84A)

For the purposes of this section “Money Laundering Regulations” has the meaning given by section 1098B(8) (application to become authorised corporate service provider).

(5)

The Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a)

amend this section so as to change the required information about the applicant in the case of a firm or individual applying to become an authorised corporate service provider;

(b)

repeal subsection (4).

(6)

Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 1098A-1098H and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, 18.3.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 66(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2025/349, reg. 2(a)

F2

Word in s. 1098C(1)(e) omitted (18.11.2025) by virtue of The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)(i); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F3

S. 1098C(1)(ea) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)(ii); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F4

Words in s. 1098C(1)(f) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)(iii); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F5

Word in s. 1098C(2)(c) omitted (18.11.2025) by virtue of The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)(i); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F6

Word in s. 1098C(2)(d) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)(ii); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F7

S. 1098C(2)(e) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)(iii); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

F8

S. 1098C(4A) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1037), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(c); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

Notes on Part 35

Modifications

C1

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))

C2

Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/685), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C3

Pt. 35 modified (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 21(7)(a))

C4

Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)

C5

Pt. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 27, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 5(3)

C6

Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2