{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/section-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/section-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/56",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Prohibition on director acting unless ID verified",
  "text": "After section 167L of the Companies Act 2006 (inserted by Schedule 2 to this Act) insert—\n“Directors: duties relating to ID verification and notification\nProhibition on director acting unless ID verified\n167M (1) An individual must not act as a director of a company unless the individual’s identity is verified (see section 1110A).\n(2) A company must ensure that an individual does not act as a director unless the individual’s identity is verified (see section 1110A).\n(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.\n(4) If a company contravenes subsection (2) an offence is committed by—\n(a) the company, and\n(b) every officer of the company who is in default.\nFor this purpose a shadow director is treated as an officer of the company.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—\n(a) in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.\n(6) The only consequences of contravening subsections (1) and (2) are the offences provided for by this section (so that, for example, a contravention does not in any way affect the validity of an individual’s acts as a director).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 43 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(1)(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 43 in force at 18.11.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g) (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/56/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:49:37.581581+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."
}