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Paragraph 12A Information about people with significant controlF1

(1)

Sections 790C to F2790I and 790K of the Companies Act 2006 apply to unregistered companies, with the following modifications.

(2)

In section 790C (key terms)—

(a)

for subsection (7)(c) substitute—

“(c)

it is a company with voting shares admitted to trading on a market listed in Schedule 1 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339)”;

(b)

for subsection (7)(d) substitute—

“(d)

it is of a description specified in regulation 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) which apply, together with any other provisions of those Regulations having effect for the purposes of these provisions.”;

(c)

omit subsections (11), (13) and (14).

(3)

In section 790D F3(company's duty to give notices to persons with significant control)—

(a)

omit subsection F4(6);

(b)

omit subsection F5(7).

(F63A)

In section 790DA (obtaining information from third parties) omit subsections (7) and (8).

(F74)

In section 790E (company’s duty to find out about changes in PSC information) omit subsections (5) and (6).

(F84A)

In section 790EA (company’s duty to find out about persons ceasing to be PSCs) omit subsections (5) and (6).

(5)

In section 790K (required particulars)—

(F9za)

omit subsection (3)(ba);

(a)

for subsection (5) substitute—

“(5)

Regulation 7 of and Schedule 2 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/339) apply, with any other provisions of the Regulations having effect for the purposes of these provisions.”;

(b)

omit subsection (6).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 paras. 12A-12C inserted (26.6.2017) by The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/693), regs. 2, 33 (with Sch. Pt. 3)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 12A(1) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(a) (with regs. 5, 6)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 para. 12A(3) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(b)(i) (with regs. 5, 6)

F4

Word in Sch. 1 para. 12A(3)(a) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(b)(ii) (with regs. 5, 6)

F5

Word in Sch. 1 para. 12A(3)(b) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(b)(iii) (with regs. 5, 6)

F6

Sch. 1 para. 12A(3A) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(c) (with regs. 5, 6)

F7

Sch. 1 para. 12A(4) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(d) (with regs. 5, 6)

F8

Sch. 1 para. 12A(4A) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(5)(e) (with regs. 5, 6)

F9

Sch. 1 para. 12A(5)(za) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotations, Application and Modification of Company Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1116), regs. 1(4), 5(4); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(i)