{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111143018",
  "legislation_title": "The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Companies Act 2006;\n“the 2009 Regulations” means the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009;\n“the 2016 Regulations” means the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016;\n“former name” means a name by which an individual was formerly known for business purposes;\n“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000;\n“name” means a person’s forename and surname, except that in the case of—\n(a) a peer; or\n(b) an individual usually known by a title,\nthe title may be stated instead of that person’s forename and surname or in addition to either or both of them;\n“personal representative” means the executor or administrator for the time being of a deceased person;\n“relevant body” means—\n(a) a police force within the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996;\n(b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and\n(c) the Police Service of Scotland;\n“section 243 decision” means a determination under the 2009 Regulations which is a section 243 decision within the meaning of those Regulations;\n“secured information” means the required particulars (other than the particular required by section 790K(1)(i) of the Act) of a registrable person in relation to a company;\n“specified public authorities” has the meaning given in regulation 22(1);\n“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;\n“voting shares” means shares carrying voting rights; and\n“withdrawal notice” has the meaning given in regulation 21.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/214; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/1941, 2009/2400, 2009/2437, 2010/2156, 2011/1043, 2011/2085, 2012/700, 2013/472, 2013/1682, 2014/469, 2014/549, 2014/631 and 2015/842."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. [ ]."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1996 c.16; section 101(1) was amended by section 96(2) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 790K of the Act for the meaning of “required particulars”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 1 of the Act for the meaning of “company”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111143018/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:40.829162+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."
}