Offences made under the Companies Act 2006
29 statutory instruments made under this Act create 171 criminal offences between them.
These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.
Instruments made under it
- The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 2009 · 45 offences
- The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 2008 · 36 offences
- The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 2009 · 16 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 2008 · 11 offences
- The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law)… 2025 · 6 offences
- The Statutory Auditors Regulations 2017 2017 · 6 offences
- The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 2009 · 6 offences
- The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential… 2024 · 4 offences
- The Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009 2009 · 4 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 2009 · 4 offences
- The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2016 2016 · 3 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 2007 · 3 offences
- The Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2025 2025 · 2 offences
- The Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 2018 · 2 offences
- The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 2018 · 2 offences
- The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 2016 · 2 offences
- The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 2014 · 2 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 2013 · 2 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013 2013 · 2 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 18) Regulations 2013 2013 · 2 offences
- The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 2011 · 2 offences
- The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 2009 · 2 offences
- The Registered Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024 2024 · 1 offence
- The Service Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024 2024 · 1 offence
- The Principal Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024 2024 · 1 offence
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024 2024 · 1 offence
- The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 2015 · 1 offence
- The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 2008 · 1 offence
- The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008 (revoked) 2008 · 1 offence