Part 1: Companies House Reform Promoting the integrity of the register Section 83: Power to require additional information
This section inserts sections 1092A, 1092B and 1092C into the Companies Act 2006. These provisions introduce a new power to require information to be provided to enable the Registrar to determine i) whether a person has satisfied a statutory requirement to deliver a document, and ii) whether information contained in a document that has been delivered constitutes information required to be maintained by the Registrar in the records she curates under her duty in section 1080(1)(a) of the 2006 Act. That duty is engaged in relation to documents delivered under an enactment which meet the proper delivery requirements in section 1072 of the 2006 Act.
	Under section 1092B, failure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an information requirement is an offence on the part of an individual and, where committed by a firm, by every officer in default. Conviction on indictment attracts a custodial sentence of up to two years, a fine or both. On summary conviction in England and Wales the guilty party is liable to imprisonment for a term up to the general limit in the magistrates’ court or a fine, or both. On summary conviction in Scotland and Northern Ireland, offences carry custodial sentences of up to 12 and 6 months respectively and, in both cases (alternatively or in addition), a fine up to the statutory maximum and a daily default fine of up one-fifth of the statutory maximum for continued contravention.
	Subject to certain exceptions, section 1092C protects persons against self-incrimination in criminal proceedings by rendering inadmissible in that context statements they make in response to a requirement for information under section 1092A. The exceptions to this protection are in respect of offences committed under sections 1112 and 1112A of the Companies Act 2006, section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911, section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 1995, Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1714 (N.I. 19)), section 32 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, section 30 or 31 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 and any other offences which involve making a misleading, deceptive or false statement to the Registrar. No material provided to the Registrar pursuant to a requirement to provide additional information under section 1092A shall be available for public inspection on either the companies register or the Register of Overseas Entities.