{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-790LQ",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-790LQ.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/790LQ",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "790LQ",
  "heading": "Registrable persons: duty to maintain verified identity status",
  "text": "(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).\n(2) In this section “the relevant period” means the period—\n(a) beginning with—\n(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,\n(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,\n(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\n(iv) the expiry of the period for complying with section 790LN, in a case where that section applies to the person, and\n(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.\n(3) In this section “registrable person” does not include a person mentioned in section 790C(12)(a) to (d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 790LQ applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31DB (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1033), regs. 1(3)(c), 8(6) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 790LJ-790LT applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12B (as substituted by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(6) (with regs. 5, 6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/790LQ",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}