The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

UK Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 1377 — creates 4 criminal offences.

4offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 19 December 2024
In force from: 27 January 2025
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax
Made under: Companies Act 2006, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/214) (“the 2009 Regulations”) make provision for applications to the registrar of companies under section 1088 of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) (“the 2006 Act”) for addresses on the register to be made unavailable for public inspection. Part 2 of these Regulations amends provisions of the 2009 Regulations. Regulation 3 introduces additional circumstances where an individual whose usual residential address is on the register may make an application for that address to be made unavailable for public inspection and makes provision for the registrar to disclose a usual residential address which has been made unavailable for public inspection in certain circumstances relating to the restoration of a dissolved company. The Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (c. 12) provides for the creation of limited liability partnerships (“LLPs”) and for the making of regulations concerning them. Part 3 of these Regulations amends provisions of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), including to apply the provisions of regulation 3 to LLPs with modifications. Part 4 amends the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/340) to make changes which are consequential on the reform of certain company law provisions by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56). 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.

Offences created by this instrument

H 1 If an LLP contravenes a restriction on the use or disclosure of information imposed under Part 7 of the Register… regulation 790ZH · Status not determined · Strict liability
If an LLP contravenes a restriction on the use or disclosure of information imposed under Part 7 of the Register of… regulation 790ZH(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Regulation 31L (protection from disclosure) is amended as follows. a in paragraph (1), for “Sections 790ZF and… regulation 9 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Section 790ZH applies to LLPs, modified so that it reads as follows— Offence of failing to comply with protection of… regulation 9(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Draft Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 Commons · General Committees · 3 December 2024 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Gareth Thomas)
I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024. It is a particular joy, Mr Efford, to serve under your chairmanship in a statutory instrument debate—for the first time, I think. The regulations, which are part of a programme to implement the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, were laid before the House on 31 October. The Government are committed to tackling economic crime and enhancing the UK’s standing as a place where legitimate…
Draft Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 Commons · General Committees · 3 December 2024
Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024 Lords · Grand Committee · 17 December 2024 · Lord Leong (Lab)
My Lords, in speaking to the information-sharing regulations, I shall also speak to the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024. These regulations are part of a series of statutory instruments designed to implement the reforms introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which I will refer to as the 2023 Act. This Government are committed to holding accountable those who exploit our open economy. For instance, in the past few weeks, we have outlined our new anti-corruption…
Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 Lords · Grand Committee · 17 December 2024 · Lord Leong
That the Grand Committee do consider the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024.
Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 Lords · Grand Committee · 17 December 2024

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