{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2437",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Statement of proposed officers",
  "text": "(1) The statement of the company's proposed officers required to be delivered to the registrar must contain the required information about—\n(a) the person who is, or persons who are, to be a director or directors of the company on registration;\n(b) in the case of a company that is to be a private company, any person who is (or any persons who are) to be the secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company on registration;\n(c) in the case of a company that is to be a public company, the person who is (or the persons who are) to be the secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company on registration .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) For the required information—\n(a) in relation to proposed directors, see sections 167J and 167K of the Companies Act 2006;\n(b) in relation to proposed secretaries or joint secretaries, see sections 279J and 279K of that Act.\n(2A) The statement under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by a statement by the company that each person named as a director, as secretary or as one of joint secretaries has consented to act in the relevant capacity.\n(2B) The statement under paragraph (1)(a) must, in the case of each individual named as a director—\n(a) confirm that the individual’s identity is verified within the meaning of section 1110A of the Companies Act 2006 (meaning of “identity is verified”), and\n(b) state the individual’s unique identifier.\n(2C) The statement under paragraph (1)(a) must also include a statement that no one named as a director is—\n(a) disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation (see section 159A(2) of the Companies Act 2006 (disqualified person not to be appointed as director)), or\n(b) otherwise ineligible by virtue of any enactment for appointment as a director.\n(2D) Where any of the persons named as directors would be disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation but for the permission of a court to act, the statement must also include a statement to that effect, in respect of each of them, specifying—\n(a) the person’s name,\n(b) the court by which permission was given, and\n(c) the date on which the permission was given.\n(2E) In paragraph (2D), “permission of a court to act” means permission of a court under a provision mentioned in column 2 of the table in section 159A(2) of the Companies Act 2006.\n(2F) Where any of the persons named as directors would be disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation by virtue of section 11A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46) or article 15A of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4) (designated persons under sanctions legislation) but for the authority of a licence of the kind mentioned in that section or article, the statement must also include a statement to that effect, in respect of each of them, specifying—\n(a) the person’s name, and\n(b) the date on which the licence was issued and by whom it was issued.\n(3) Regulation 7 of the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 (disclosure of protected information: application under section 243 on behalf of proposed director) applies as if—\n(a) references to a subscriber to the memorandum of association were to any member of the company, and\n(b) references to the proposed company were to the company proposing to register.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3), 2(2)(a) (with regs. 5, 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Full stop in reg. 7(1)(c) substituted for semi-colon (10.10.2015) by The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1695), regs. 1, 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 7(1)(d) omitted (10.10.2015) by virtue of The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1695), regs. 1, 10(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3), 2(2)(b) (with regs. 5, 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2A) inserted (10.10.2015) by The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1695), regs. 1, 10(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2B)-(2F) inserted (18.11.2025 for specified purposes and otherwise in force in accordance with reg. 1(5)(a)) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3)(5)(a), 2(2)(c) (with regs. 5, 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/214."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2437/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:05:59.121898+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."
}