Companies House has published provisional implementation dates for some of the company transparency and filings provisions set out in Parts 7 and 8 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. These dates have been confirmed by BIS as accurate. The dates have been confirmed for the following filings:
- PSC register – companies are expected to be required to keep the PSC register from April 2016 and have it ready to file at Companies House from 30 June 2016;
- confirmation statement – requirement to file at Companies House expected to come into force in June 2016;
- statement of capital – changes to the statement of capital will come into force in June 2016;
- company registers – the measures under which companies can decide to keep information in their registers on the public register at Companies House is expected to come into force in June 2016;
- Abolition of corporate directors – this will come into force in October 2016;
- director disqualification – amendments to come into force in June 2016; and
- filing optional information – companies will be able to supply additional voluntary information to Companies House from late 2016 to 2017.
The Companies House amended press release is available here:
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