Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Companies Act 2006;

• “the 2009 Regulations” means the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009^f1;

• “the 2016 Regulations” means the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016^f2;

• “former name” means a name by which an individual was formerly known for business purposes;

• “limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000^f3;

• “name” means a person’s forename and surname, except that in the case of—

  1. (a)

     a peer; or

  2. (b)

     an individual usually known by a title,

  the title may be stated instead of that person’s forename and surname or in addition to either or both of them;

• “personal representative” means the executor or administrator for the time being of a deceased person;

• “relevant body” means—

  1. (a)

     a police force within the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996^f4;

  2. (b)

     the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and

  3. (c)

     the Police Service of Scotland;

• “section 243 decision” means a determination under the 2009 Regulations which is a section 243 decision within the meaning of those Regulations;

• “secured information” means the required particulars^f5 (other than the particular required by section 790K(1)(i) of the Act) of a registrable person in relation to a company^f6;

• “specified public authorities” has the meaning given in regulation 22(1);

• “voting rights” means rights to vote at general meetings of the company or legal entity in question, including rights that arise only in certain circumstances, and in relation to a legal entity that does not have general meetings at which matters are decided by the exercise of voting rights, a reference to voting rights is to be read as a reference to rights in relation to the entity that are equivalent to those of a person entitled to exercise voting rights in a company;

• “voting shares” means shares carrying voting rights; and

• “withdrawal notice” has the meaning given in regulation 21.