Part 1: Companies House Reform Company formation Section 2: Statement as to lawful purposes
Although section 7(2) of the Companies Act 2006 establishes that a company should not be formed for unlawful purpose, this section (Statement as to lawful purposes) amends section 9 of the Companies Act 2006 to introduce a requirement for those forming a company expressly to state that its purposes will be lawful. If that is proven not to be the case, the false filing offence will have been committed and the filing will not have been "properly delivered" within the meaning of section 1072, which would entitle the Registrar to reject it.