Section 46(5)

After section 113 insert— The required information about a member who is an individual is— name; a service address. In this section “name” means forename and surname. Where a member is a peer or an individual usually known by a title— any requirement imposed by section 113D or 113E, or by a notice under section 113F, to provide their name may be satisfied by providing their title instead; the title may be entered in the register of members instead of their forename and surname (and references in any enactment to the name of a person entered in a company’s register of members are to be construed accordingly). The required information about a member that is a body corporate, or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed, is— corporate or firm name; a service address. The Secretary of State may by regulations— make provision changing the required information about a member for the purposes of this Chapter; repeal section 113A(3). The provision that may be made in regulations under subsection (1)(a) includes provision amending this Chapter. The consequential provision that may be made in regulations under subsection (1)(a) by virtue of section 1292(1) also includes provision amending section 50 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure. A person who becomes a member of a company must provide the company with the required information about the member (see sections 113A and 113B). Subsection (1) does not apply if or to the extent that— the person has already provided the information to the company, or the person becomes a member of the company on its incorporation and the information is contained in the application for the registration of the company. A person must comply with this section within the period of two months beginning with the date on which the person became a member. A person who is a member of a company must give notice to the company of any change in the required information about the member (see sections 113A and 113B). The notice must specify the date on which the change occurred. A person must comply with this section within the period of two months beginning with the date on which the change occurred. A company may, for the purposes of ensuring that its register of members includes the information that it is required to include, require a member or former member of the company to provide any of the required information about the member or former member (see sections 113A and 113B). The notice must require the recipient to comply with it within the period of one month beginning with the date on which the notice is given. A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with section 113D or 113E commits an offence. A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under section 113F commits an offence. Where an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is committed by a firm, the offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default. A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both); on summary conviction— in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both); 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; 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. A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with section 113D or 113E and without reasonable excuse, the person makes a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular. A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a notice under section 113F and without reasonable excuse, the person makes a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular. Where an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is committed by a firm, the offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default. A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine; on summary conviction in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with section 113D or 113E, the person makes a statement that the person knows to be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular. A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a notice under section 113F, the person makes a statement that the person knows to be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular. Where an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is committed by a firm, the offence is also committed by every officer of the firm who is in default. A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both); on summary conviction— in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both); 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; 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.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04