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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

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Change 1

What to do with it
As published

1 The registrar’s objectives

(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows. (2) In section 1059A (scheme of Part 35), in subsection (2), at the appropriate place insert— section 1081A (registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc), . (3) After section 1081 insert— Registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc 1081A (1) The registrar must, in performing the registrar’s functions, seek to promote the following objectives. Objective 1 Objective 1 is to ensure that any person who is required to deliver a document to the registrar does so (and that the requirements for proper delivery are complied with). Objective 2 Objective 2 is to ensure that information contained in the register is accurate and that the register contains everything it ought to contain. Objective 3 Objective 3 is to ensure that records kept by the registrar do not create a false or misleading impression to members of the public. Objective 4 Objective 4 is to prevent companies and others from— carrying out unlawful activities, or facilitating the carrying out by others of unlawful activities. (2) In Objective 2 the reference to “the register” includes any records kept by the registrar under any enactment.

Your change, as a redline

1 The registrar’s objectives

(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows. (2) In section 1059A (scheme of Part 35), in subsection (2), at the appropriate place insert— section 1081A (registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc), . (3) After section 1081 insert— Registrar’s objectives to promote integrity of registers etc 1081A (1) The registrar must, in performing the registrar’s functions, seek to promote the following objectives. Objective 1 Objective 1 is to ensure that any person who is required to deliver a document to the registrar does so (and that the requirements for proper delivery are complied with). Objective 2 Objective 2 is to ensure that information contained in the register is accurate and that the register contains everything it ought to contain. Objective 3 Objective 3 is to ensure that records kept by the registrar do not create a false or misleading impression to members of the public. Objective 4 Objective 4 is to prevent companies and others from— carrying out unlawful activities, or facilitating the carrying out by others of unlawful activities. (2) In Objective 2 the reference to “the register” includes any records kept by the registrar under any enactment.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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