{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-people-with-significant-control-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/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“credit institution” has the same meaning as in regulation 10(1) of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017;\n“financial institution” has the same meaning as in regulation 10(2) of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017;\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...\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": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 12 (with Sch. Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 revoked by virtue of the substitution of the enabling provision 2006 c. 46, s. 243(2) (4.3.2024) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (2023 c. 56), s. 219(1), Sch. 3 para. 3(2); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "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": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/340."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2000 c.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "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": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "See section 790K of the Act for the meaning of “required particulars”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "See section 1 of the Act for the meaning of “company”."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (6.4.2016) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340), regs. 1(3), 4, Sch. 2 para. 1 (as amended: (26.6.2017) by S.I. 2017/693, regs. 2, 29 (with Sch. Pt. 2); and (27.1.2025) by S.I. 2024/1377, regs. 1(2), 11(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/339/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:25:43.390351+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."
}