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Section 790HA Duty to notify company of ceasing to be a PSCF1F2C1

(1)

This section applies to a person if—

(a)

the person knows that they have ceased to be a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to a company,

(b)

the material in the register that is available for public inspection does not indicate the person as having ceased to be a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to a company, and

(c)

the person has not informed the company of having ceased to be a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company or has not informed the company of the date on which the person so ceased.

(2)

The person must inform the company—

(a)

that the person has ceased to be a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company, and

(b)

of the date on which the person so ceased.

(3)

The person must comply with the duty in subsection (2) before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the conditions in subsection (1) are met.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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)

F2

Ss. 790G-790HA substituted for ss. 790G, 790H (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. 12; S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4)

Modifications

C1

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

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))