Part 1: Companies House Reform Who may deliver documents Section 73: Disqualification from delivering documents
This section inserts section 1067B into the Companies Act 2006.
	Subsection (1) provides that a document cannot be delivered to the Registrar by a disqualified person either on their own or another’s behalf. According to section 1072(1)(aa) inserted by section 72 of ECCT Act, such a document is not properly delivered, as it would breach the provisions on who may deliver a document to the Registrar.
	Under subsection (2) a document can be delivered to the Registrar on behalf of a disqualified person only through an authorised corporate provider as defined by section 1098A, or through an officer or employee of an authorised corporate provider.
	Filing via an authorised corporate provider allows disqualified individuals to continue to file certain documents with the Registrar. This includes where they are under a legal obligation to do so (discrepancy reporting under the Money Laundering Regulations) or making applications made under regulations under section 1088 of the Companies Act 2006. It also means that a disqualified corporate director can continue to file in its capacity as a company (including complying with its legal filing obligations) even though it cannot file on behalf of another entity for which it is a corporate director. Filing via an authorised corporate provider should ensure that the disqualified are only involved in activities permitted to by law and are not for example breaching disqualification orders.
	Subsections (3)-(5) specify statements that a person delivering a document to the Registrar must make. First is a statement confirming that a person is not a disqualified person. Second is a statement that specifies whether this person delivers the document on their own or another’s behalf. If a person is delivering a document on behalf of another they must specify if the person on whose behalf they act is disqualified.
	The definition of a disqualified person is provided in section 159A(2). It covers persons disqualified under the Companies Directors Disqualification Act 1986, including sections 11 and 11A, which concern: undischarged bankrupts, persons subject to bankruptcy restrictions order or undertakings, debt relief restrictions orders or undertakings and moratoriums under the debt relief orders as well as persons subject to director disqualification sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.
	Subsection (7) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to amend this section for the purpose of changing who may deliver a document to the Registrar on behalf of a disqualified person.