Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision about the application of section 1082 of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) (allocation of unique identifiers) (“the Act”) to other business entities.

Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4 of the Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/[xxx]) (the “2024 Regulations”) make provision about the use of reference numbers (“unique identifiers”) to identify each person who is an authorised corporate service provider (as defined in section 1098A of the Act) or whose identity is verified (as defined in section 1110A(1) of the Act).

These Regulations apply Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4 of the 2024 Regulations in relation to limited partnerships (formed under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24)), limited liability partnerships (as defined by section 1(2) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (c. 12)), companies authorised to register (see section 1040 of the Act), unregistered companies (see section 1043 of the Act) and Scottish qualifying partnerships (as defined by regulation 3(2)(b) of the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/694)). They give the registrar powers to allocate and use unique identifiers for these purposes.

Regulation 4(3) corrects a drafting error in regulation 79A of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804).

A full Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.