Section 790EC Company’s duty to notify of late compliance with noticesF1F2C1
A company must notify the registrar if a person who has failed to comply with a notice given by the company under section 790D, 790DA, 790E or 790EA within the period specified in it subsequently complies.
The notice must state the day on which the person complied.
Where a company notifies the registrar in relation to the late compliance by a person with a notice given by the company under section 790E or 790EA, the notice must state the person’s name.
The notice must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the person complied with the notice under section 790D, 790DA, 790E or 790EA.
In this section “name”, in relation to an individual, means their forename and surname.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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)
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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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S. 790EC(1A)(1B) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1036), regs. 2, 5(a); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)
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S. 790EC(3) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1036), regs. 2, 5(b); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)
Modifications
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Ss. 790CB-790I applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31C (as amended by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1033), regs. 1(3)(c), 8(4) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i))
Notes on Part 21A
Modifications
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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))