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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1092A-1092C and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 83(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z25)
1092APower to require informationU.K.
(1)The registrar may by notice in writing require a person to provide information to the registrar for the purposes of enabling the registrar to determine—
(a)whether a person has complied with any obligation imposed by an enactment to deliver a document to the registrar,
(b)whether any information contained in a document received by the registrar falls within section 1080(1)(a).
(2)A requirement under this section may specify—
(a)the form and manner in which the information is to be provided;
(b)the period within which it is to be provided.
(3)The registrar may by notice in writing extend a period specified in a requirement under this section.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 60 (as amended by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 26; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a))
C2Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(ea) (as inserted by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/410), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(c)(ii))
1092BOffence relating to provision of informationU.K.
(1)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under section 1092A commits an offence.
(2)Where an offence under this section is committed by a firm, an offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);
(b)on summary conviction—
(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);
(ii)in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum;
(iii)in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both), and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 60 (as amended by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 26; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a))
C2Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(ea) (as inserted by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/410), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(c)(ii))
1092CPrivilege against self-incriminationU.K.
(1)A statement made by a person in response to a requirement under section 1092A may not be used against the person in criminal proceedings in which the person is charged with an offence to which this subsection applies.
(2)Subsection (1) applies to any offence other than—
(a)an offence under one of the following provisions (which concern false statements etc)—
(i)section 1112 or 1112A;
(ii)section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911;
(iii)section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995;
(iv)Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1714 (N.I. 19));
(v)section 32 or 32A of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022;
(vi)section 34 or 35 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907;
(b)any offence, not within paragraph (a), an element of which is the delivery to the registrar of a document, or the making of a statement to the registrar, that is misleading, false or deceptive.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 60 (as amended by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 26; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a))
C2Ss. 1092A-1092C applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)(ea) (as inserted by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/410), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(c)(ii))
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